Pittston Gazette

              WEATHER INDICATIONS. TH« HOME PAPER. For the People of Pltteton an4 Forecast Until 8 p. m. Tomorrow, for Eastern Pennsylvania. Fair tonight and Sunday; light, varlable winds. Vicinity. ALL THE HOME NEWS. PITTSTON, PA., SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1904. TWO CENTS A COPY. I « P A FORTY CENTS A MONTH. I ° "AljJGiO. \ 54th YEAR. t WEEKLY ESTABLISHED I860. 1 DAILY EST. Bi THEO. HART 1882. THE BATTLE wins, the Japanese right wing, comprising the Tenth nnil Thirty-ninth regiments, boftnn to leave Its positions at Chonchaltien and moved forward on Suchaton, from which the enemy continued to Arc. Two of their guns got the range of the Japanese warships, killing Captain llayashi of the gunboat Cliokui and ten of the crew of the warship. They were speedily driven from Suchaton, permitting the right wing of the Japanese, at noon on Thursday, after a brisk engagement with the Siberian fuelleers, to take this westerly plateau and make a permanent place for two batteries CDf Japanese artillery, destined to begin a crosslire toward the rast on Ilanshan hill. SENATOR QUAY piED THIS AFTERNOON. DIED AT CONVENTION DESK a m » M • WW WW JW W W JWWWWWWWJ WWWWWiWWWWWJ r — ( Peoples Store Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers OF K Detailt* .ofy of Desper- Loses Assistant Grand Chief. STILL ANOTHER An Unusual I.os Angeles, Cal., May 28.—T. S. Ingraham, first assistant grand chief engineer of the International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, dropped dead at his desk at the convention in this city from apoplexy. I ♦ treat is in store for you, as Z on Thursday, May 26, wo » will place on the market a * special brew of Opportunity. ate Fighting. A reniarkuble coincidence in connection with Mr. Ingrahum's death Is the fact that former Grand Chief I'. M. Arthur of the brotherhood died suddenly of apoplexy while attending a meeting of engineers at Winnipeg last year. Owing to the miserable weather and backward season New York manufacturers and mporters were compelled to sustain great losses on their stocks. We saw our chance and quickly took advantage of their distress. We are therefore prepared to cut prices in all staple and fancy Dry Goods this season of the year. Change for the WOrse Took Place Early This Morning. HEAVY LOSSES ON THE TWO SIDES. Mr. Ingrahnm was absorbed In work when he lost consciousness and fell from his chair. He expired almost Immediately. Ills health hud not been good for some time. The body will be taken to Cleveland next Sunday by u committee of the brotherhood. Russian Defenses Very Strong. BOCK BEER On the south shore of Tallenwan bay the Russian works extended fur to the east and west. Nanshan hill was the strongest purt of the line. A series of batteries, strongly emplaned, crowned its crest, while riile pits extended around Its sides. Mines hud been placed lower down on this hill, and around the base on Hie northern and eastern Hides were stretched well made wire entanglements. .Another line of defenses, also protected with wire entanglements, extended from Yenchlatung, near the head of Tullenwun bay, due north of Liuchiatien, which lies south of Kinchau. Ladles' and Children's Fancy Oauze Vests 4c. HAD BEEN UNCONSCIOUS SINCE ABOUT FOUR O'CLOCK. Ladies' Gingham Sunbonnets, ail colors and shapes; a large stock to choose from, each 15c. Japanese Casualties Number Three Thousand—Russians Left Four Hundred on the Field. Mr. Ingraham, who was sixty-nine years of ago, hud been llrst assistant chief engineer since 1873. lie was Initiated into the brotherhood In the Fort Wayne division in 18(55 and had held several high offices In the order. He had becfn mentioned as a possible candidate for the office of grand chief engineer at the present convention, but it was understood that he had refused to allow his name to be considered. One case summer corsets, all sizes, a pair 22c. Children's ready made duck skirts, each 59c. 2 It will be a rich amber col- J ored beer equal to the finest J imported, in BODY, QUAL| ITY and TASTE. 2 You are sure to get the ? beer you want when you in-2 sist on having Stegmaier's. j Stegmaier Brewing Co Ladies' Seersucker underskirts, well made, each 45c. Brief Sketch of One of the Foremost Re- 25c Ladies' black lace hose for 15c London, May 28.—Baron Hayashi, the Japanese minister, lias received a communication from Tokio, giving Ihe casualties at the capture of Kin-Chow and Nanahan, as sent by the Japanese commander. The Japanese casualties were 3,000. The Russians left on the field 400 dead. On the 20th inst., the Japanese captured 50 guns, besides a quantity of stores. A New-Chwang dispatch to Ileuter's this morning says that the Japanese are planning to capture Port Arthur within a fortnight, employing 100,000 men in the opci publicans of his Time. a pair. Ladies' muslin skirts with cambric flounce 50c. Ladies' black mercerized underskirts, full size, each 60c. Children's $1.00 trimmed hats reduced to 59c each. The Japanese tlrst took the line of kills east of Kinchau. Their position bad formed an almost perfect right auifle, showing Its southern front to Tnlienwnn and its western front to Kinchau. Chitillclum village was the apex of this angle. The extreme right of the Japanese line rested at Chencliawhich Is almost due north of Chiuliehan, while the extreme right was at Chaltsuho, a village due east of Chiuliehan. Hack of this angle the attacking force assembled in complete BASEBALL. Results of Games In National, American and Eastern Leagues. NATIONAL LEAGUE. At New York—Rrooklyn, 1; New York, 3. At Pittsburg—Cincinnati, 0; Pittsburg. 2. At Philadelphia—Bonton, 3;  phla, 2. At Chicago—SI. Louis, 2; Chicago, 3. STANDING OP THE CLUBS. w. l. r.c. w. l. p.c. Chicago... 21 10 .077 Pittsburg. 16 10 .500 New York 21 10 .077 Brooklyn. 13 20 .394 Cincinnati 23 11 .070 Boston.... 11 20 .355 St. Louis.. 10 15 .510 Phlla'phia 5 24 .172 AMERICAN LEAGUE. At Philadelphia—New York, 5; Philadelphia, I. At Jloston—Washington, 2; Boston, 4. At Cleveland—St. Louis, 2; Cleveland, 6. STANDING OF TIIE CLUBS. w. I.. P.O. w. I*. P.O. Boston.... 22 10 .088 Chicago... 18 10 .529 Cleveland. 18 12 . 000 St. Louis.. 14 17 .451 Phlla'phla 19 13 .591 Detroit.... 11 20 .355 Now York 17 14 .548 Wash'ton. 8 23 . 207 EASTERN LEAGUE. At Buffalo—Jersey City, 1; Buffalo, t. At Rochester—Newark, 3; Rochester, 4. At Montreal—Baltimore. 2; Montreal, 9. At Toronto—Providence, 0; Toronto, 10. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. W. I* P.O. W. V. P.C. Buffalo.... 17 7 .708 Provence 11 11 .600 Jersey C'y 15 8 . 051 Toronto.. 10 15 .400 Baltimore. 13 9 .591 Montreal. 7 13 .350 Newark... 13 12 . 520 Rochester 6 17 .201 Hammocks in all the neweGt styles, a flne variety to select from, prices from 98c up. 9 1» IB.  'I NEW THONE 5452 PITTSTON, PENN'A. PEOPLES STORE Always the Cheapest tion. It adds that the Japanese plan of action in Manchuria does not include an advance beyond Mukden. The store that keeps the Dry Goods Prices Down. security Then the battle went on without quarter. The Japanese could not silence the guns and were forced to assault the Russian position with infantry. Time and again they were driven back with great loss only to return, and finally at 7 o'clock in the evening tliey took Nanshan hill. l^^lf Groceries at Lowest Prices TOOK HEIGHT BY STORM. Japs Captured Nan6han Hill; Consid ered Impregnable. GRANULATED SUGAR— 20 Pounds for $1.00 Tokyo, May 2S.—After two days of desperate lighting the investment of Port Arthur has become a fact. The preparatory engagements of Sunday. Monday and Tuesday led to the formal effort on Wednesday to take the heights of Kinchau, including the fortress known as the castle. An artillery engagement beginning at dawn on Wednesday morning lasted five hours, after which period General Oku, commanding all the army divisions, sent Lieutenant General Baron Kawamura of the Tenth, Twenty-ninth, Thirtyninth and Fortieth regiments to storm the heights. This was the beginning of the great battle which ended at 7 o'clock on Thursday night, when the Japanese Infantry in a hand to hand ronfliet drove the Russian defenders from Nanshan hill, said by military authorities to be practically Impregnable. From this hill Daluy is absolutely at the mercy of the Japanese from the west, as are the line of bills leading directly to the Port Arthur fortifica- PRESBYTERIANS FOR UNION BEST DELAWARE CO. BUTTER— Per Pound 23c General Assembly Nearly Unanimous FULL CREAM CHEESE— on Long Debated Question, Per Pound 11c Buffalo, May 28.—The Presbyterian general assembly of the United States has declared In favor of union with the Cumberland Presbyterian church by a vote so nearly unanimous that it was not counted. FRESH VEGETABLES ALWAYS IN STOCK. GIVE YOUR FAMILY TWO LB. CAN BIG DRIVE BAKING POWDER—None Better, 20c good, pure Groceries; the tasteful, health producing kind, such as we sell. Remember, too, that "variety is the spice of life," and it will pay you to deal at a store that carries a large and varied stock. Right there we fill the bill again. Our goods are reliable and our prices right. The report of the committee declared that as tho basis of union each of the assemblies, should express approval or disapproval to, the following categorical question: Illinois Village Razed by Tornado. CORN STARCH— Golconda, 111., May 28.—The vllluge of Now Liberty, Pope county. III., on the Ohio river, Is reported to have been destroyed by n tornado. Not a building was left standing. No liven, however, were lost. Per Package.,. 5o GINGER SNAPS— 4 pounds for 25c "Do you approve of the reunion and union of the Presbyterian church In the United States of America and the Cumberland Fresbyterlan church on the following basis: The union shall bo effected on the doctrinal basis of the confession of fuith of the Presbyterian church In the United States of America as revised In 1903 and of Its other doctrinal and ecclesiastical standards, and the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament shall be acknowledged as the inspired word of God, the only infallible rule of faith and practice?" SEE OUR 8CREEN DOORS AND WINDOW SCREENS. BEST IN THE CITY TO KEEP OUT THE FLIE8. PRICES THE .LOWEST FOR THE SAME QUALITY. MATTHEW STA NLEY QUAY, Beaver, Pa., May 23.—Hon. Mathew Stanley Quay, senior United States senator from Pennsylvania, died this afternoon at his home here. A change for the worse in the senator's condition took place early this morning, ami from 4 o'clock on he was unconscious Oxygen was administered by the attending physician in the hope of reviving the senator, but it failed, and he breathed his last at 2:48 p. m., surrounded by the members of his family. Reserves; was colonel of the 134th Pennsylvania Volunteers, was lieutenant colonel and assistant commissary general; was state military agent at Washington; was private secretary to the governor of Pennsylvania; was major and chief of transportation and telegraphs; was military secretary to Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania, 1861-5; was a member of the Legislature, 1865-7; was secretacy of the commonwealth, 1872-8; was recorder of the city fW Philadelphia and chairman of the Republic n state committee, 1878-9; was secretary of the commonwealth, 1879-82; was deiegate-atlarge to the Republican national conventions of 1872, 1876 and 1880; was elected state treasurer in 1885; was elected a member of the Republican national committee and chosen chairman thereof and ex-offlcio chairman of the executive committee when the committee organized in July, 1888, and conducted the successful presidential campaign of that year; was a delegate to the Republican national convention of 1892; was chairman of the Republican state committee in 1895-6, and 1902; was a delegate to the Republican national convention of 1896; was elected a member of the Republican national committee and chosen a member of the executive committee in 1896; was a delegate-at-large to the Republican national convention of 1900; was re-elected a member of the Republican national committee in 1900; was elected to the United States Senate to succeed John I. Mitchell and took his seat March 4, 1887; was reelected in 1893 and again on Jan. 15, 1901. His term of office would have expired on March 3, 1905. BRENNAN & ROBERTS, For over SO year Dr. RICHTER'S World-"Renown«d 42 North Main St. Next to Englo Hotel, SHOES The complete story of the Japanese assault in great detail marks a new chapter In war. The Japanese not only successfully attacked strategical positions of great natural strength, but overcame an enemy superior in heavy guns, occupying fortifications which military authorities have held one man should hold against any five. While General Oku, through Admiral Togo, telegraphs that the Japanese loss was heavy in the two days of fighting, Tokyo is wild with joy. tions. "Anchor" Pain Expeller OUR SHOE DEPARTMENT IS AN IDEAL PLACE. WE CAN FIT MOSTLY ANYONE WITH THE LATEST STYLES. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. " j Cw)ruri/'s PRICES. New Haven Assaulter Arrosted New Ilaven, Conn.. May 28.—William McLane, a colored man, twenty years old, has been arrested by Policeman Coonan on the suspicion that he was the man who committed the assault on the unknown woman In Canal street Wednesday night and after close questioning admitted that he Was the man wanted. He was arrested near the place where the assault was committed and said that he was drunk at the time. McLane denies that he was connected in any way with the assault on Miss Richards, daughter of Professor Charles B. Richards, or with that on Augusta Peterson. ren to be the Bert there U for Evans Bros. Rheumatism, Gout, Neuralgia,etc. Rheumatic Complaints. Only 250. and 50o. at all druggists or through i F. M- Richter & Co. j L 215 Pearl Street, jk New York. Senator Quay had been in poor health for nearly a year past and spent much of his time in Florida, where he had a winter home. Although he had been able to give but little time to his duties in the senate during the past winter, his condition was not regarded as alarrfiing. A few weeks ago lie left his Washington home, and spent a couple of weeks at the country home of his brother, at Morganza, Pa., whence he was brought to his home here about a week ago. Not until a couple of days ago  physicians give up hope for his recovery. He had been possessed of such a rugged constitution that those who knew him best were led to hope strongly that, despite his advanced age, he might be able to pull through this attack. Gold Coin Flour  ...$5.75 Butterfly Flour .. 5.75 46 South Main St., Pittston. Cream Sponge Flour ... 5.75 Story of Thursday's Battle. Sunlight Flour  Family Flour  . 5.75 . 5.50 At 4 o'clock on Thursday morning D.OOO infantry being on the several slopes of the Klnebau chain, the artillery placed during the night opened fire on the last remaining fortification at Ivincliau. for forty minutes there was a rain of fire from the Japanese artillery, and at 5:10 o'clock the enemy was seen retreating down the southerly slope, at which point they could not be cut off because of the protecting fire from Haushan hill and other plateaus ou the west. On the crest of Klnebau the enemy left 2,500 sharpshooters of the picked Siberian regiments, and these, with light field guns, attempted to hold the slope against the attack of the Eighth and Twentieth brigades of Lieutenant General Kawamura's Tenth division. For WEDDINGS Flnwor* V For FUNERALS ■ ft Hay (long) No. 2...... Hay (long) No. 1  Cut Hay  20 U). Granulated 8ugar . 21 lbs. A Sugar  22 lbs. Br. Sugar  Fresh Butter  . .85 .90 , .85 . 1.00 . 1.00 . 1.00 , .23 Just what you want in floral decorations on short notice. We can do much for you at a reasonable price. (new phone) J.B.CARPEMTER, ixitimt. iietii bom Campbell, Rozelle & New Haven, Conn., May 28.—Yale men throughout the country will be surprised to learn that their alma mater, through the will of the late William B. Ross of New York, has received a gift of $250,((00, one of the' largest bequests ever made to the institution. The donation is given as a memorial to Jared Linsley, a prominent physician of New York and a member of the class of 1820. The fund Is intended for a building on tiie campus, but a part of it will be applied for the maintenance of the building. Yale Gets Handsome Gift, Pure Lard  Plain Hams  Skinned Hams  3 cans Tomatoes  3 cans Early June Peas .10 .12 124 .25 BARGAINS Webster York State Corn Matthew Stanley Quay was born in Dliisburg, York county, Pa., Sept. 30, 1833; was prepared for college at Beaver and Indiana academies; was graduated from Jefferson college in 1850; was admitted to the bar in 1854; was elected prothonotary of Deaver county in 1856 and re-elected in 1859; was a lieutenant in the Tenth Pennsylvania Patent Flour ..$5.75 3 lbs. Cream Crackers. 3 lbs. Snaps  .25 .25 We have them in an Up-to-Date line. Up the slopes the Japanese infantry went, stopping and shooting on the word of command, steadily driving the enemy from crest to crest until at 5:30 a. m. Klnchau castle was In possession of the victorious Japanese, the Russians retiring in confusion southerly toward Ilaushau and tho adjacent slopes, whilC many of the Japanese pursued until stopped by direct artillery fire. Long Hay.... Cut Hay  Full line Garden and Field Seeds. Newest Goods. Note these Values. 20 lbs. Sugar 1.00 3 cans Tomatoes .25 3 cans Pumpkin  3 large cans Baked Beans... .25 .25 William Drury, Famoui Alabamian Dead In Hovel. 3 cans Peas .25 1 lot Corset Covers, lace trimmed around neck and sleeves, worth 20c.: these for 15c Decatur, Ala., May 28. — Once wealthy, but reduced to extreme poverty in later jjenrs, Colonel C. C. Sheats, one of the most noted characters In Alabama's history, has been found dead in a hovel here. Colonel Sheats was a member of the secession convention in this state and voted against Alabama going out of the Union, tie was at one time United States minister to Denmark and was elected governor of Alabama Just after tho civil war, but was not allowed to take his sent. 4 doz. Sweet Pieklep  Large Dill Pickles, per doz... .'25 THE LEADING GROCER 1 lot Children's lBc. Muslin Drawers;special price loc .16 A Battle With Pythons. Berlin, May 28.-rCuptuiu Dannhnuer, citbllng from Windhoek, says that Lieutenant Colonel Vonetrtorff, having learned that the Ilereros Were trekking westward to Watcrberg, hurried to Otjoinnsu by forced marches, surprising the enemy, which hud Intrenched there. At first the Ilereros offered a brave resistance, but later they Hod In all directions, leaving six .dead. The German losses were two. Germans Rout Hereros, Clover Seed  Timothy Seed  7.50 1.75 1 lot Ladies' Cambric Night Dresses, a regular 75o. garment1; here for 50c Storming Hanshan Hill. Now York, May 28.—While attempting to give a dose of medicine to Central park snakes three of the zoo keepers were attacked by angry pythons in n locked cage In the monkey house and after a hard light managed to escape, but not before llead Keeper Peter Shannon and Wllllan Snyder, the elephant man, had been squouzed In the colls of a twelve foot snake and Jacob Cook, a keeper of .the monkey house, had been bitten on the thumb. Then followed the preparations for the great event of the day, the storming of Hanshan hill and the small fortifications west and east of it. For this purpose, and to protect the Japanese infantry on the right wing, Hear Admiral Nashiha ran In the gunlwats Thukishl, Ileiyen, Amagl and Cliokal, with the first torpedo flotilla, under command of Captain Nishiyama, to the extreme edge of Kincliau bay, where a terrific fire was opened on the left wing of the Itusslan army, the Japanese rlgli%wlng steadily creeping forward to turn the Russian position north of Chenchatien. On the east Lieutenant General Tnchlma brought up the Ninth division, comprising the Ninth, Nlneteertth, Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth regiments of Infantry and the Ninth and Tenth regiments of artillery. In the front, southwest from Klnchau hill, the heaviest guns of the Japanese began a bombardment on the Intrenched positions of the Russians in the ranges around Hanshan hill. Millett Seed 1.50 If You Drink Beer, Drink The Best 1 lot Light Shirting Calico; special price so Hungarian Grass Seed 1.50 The finest line of brick, sweitzer and Limburger in town at lowest prices. l lot Children's Dresses, embroidery trimmed, worth as*!.; these go at .....itks Ladles'Shirt Waists; a large assortment from 260 RED STAR TRADING STAMPS. Children's Striped and Dotted Fercalo Sun Bonnets, theaoc. kind; here for loo Children's Lawn Caps, usually sold for loo.; this lot yours for —bo Late Wilkesbarre Notes. Troy, Kan., May 28.—J. 15. Marcell, cashier of the defunct Highland bank, which failed last winter, has pleaded guilty to one count 111 each of the five charges of forgery pending against him. Marcell's forgeries are alleged to have amounted to close to $:100,000. Bank Cashier Admits Quilt. Pabst Milwaukee Beer. Floor Oil Cloth, all widths; a yard Jic Miranda Stump, an inmate of a tenderloin house, was accidentally burned this afternoon, her dress becoming ignited, and she was taken to the city hospital in a dying condition. An Ant to Destroy the Weevil. MAGNIFICENT MAY MILLINERY. Yuenglfng's Pottsville Porter. Washington, May 28.—The department of agriculture announces that an ant has been found in Guatemala that Is an effective enemy of the boll weevil. It will bo immediately introduced Into the cotton stutes. The greatest significance Is attached to the discovery, which was made by O. F. Cook, the botanist in charge of the tropical agricultural investigations of the bureau of plant industry. Hatting, close and heavy, attmstlve patterns. worth l»c.: our price 13c 1 lot Leghorn Hats, untrimmed. worth 18o.: your choice Ho Brigg'a Elmlra Ale. Delivered at your residence in cases Thomas Williams and John Kitchen were dangerously burned at noon today by an explosion of gas in the Smith mine, 1 { Hftts at *4.98. Jfl.98. ta.98. We have brought a fresh lot from the work rooms—the prettiest of the season. The lot comprises line hats of lace, chiffon. silk anil liulr braiil, in the very latest shapes. We are agents for Cosmopolitan Model l%p-er Patterns, seam* allowed fur; all jou of 2 doz. pint bottles. Jury Acquits McDonald. Bedford* Ind., May 28.—After being out three and a half hours the jury In the trial of James McDonald, charged with the murder of Miss Sarah Schafer, has r'«irned a verdict of not guilty. Special Coach Excursion. lteady-to-Wear Hats, Misses' anil Children's Hats, exclusive shapes. various styles, trimmings, from 9B« upward. T. A. DURKIN. the RAACNCT 1*1 ffllllnl I To St. Louis exposition via. D., L. & W. R. R. June 2. Fare.„$17. Train leaves Plttston Junction 12:17 noon and arrives St. Louis 2 o'clock next afternoon. Shipwrights Prolong Strike. HI. Waldman, 19 South Main Si  Qnincy, Mass., May 28.—The shipwrights' union at a meeting voted to continue the strike against the Fore 45 S. Main Si Both 'phones. Corner Dock Street. 87 8. Main St., Pittatott, and the Japanese gunboat, having silenced the fire of the enemy oa its left HIHHHHHB11111 HI HI pictures; take them to Pursell.