Pittston Gazette

              Miftaton MmcCSa~,ette. -£1B \ "A 1 WEATHER INDICATIONS. Forecast Until 8 p. m. ,.c'\ciD Ea#t • Showers ana. cooler this evening; Fj'lday, fair. TWO CENTS A COPY. 1 FORTY CENTS A MONTH. I 8 PAGES. 55th YEAR. 1 WEEKLY ESTABLISHED 1HBO t DAILY EST. BY THEO. HART 188J. PIT' THE HOOKER CASE. lurrnTHTinniQ nwA ,Cget-r|ch"Quick" asset 1 iILIJL) I III I lLll lO Ull Be'ated Draft 1" Hands of Receiver Foi Storey Cotton Company. Philadelphia, March 30. — Senatot Bradley, receiver of the Storey Cotton company, 1ms secured an unexpected asset in the form of an $8,000 draft llio money came from the "get rich lulek" concern's Liverpool branch. The iraft was mailed before the Storey (Otnpany was forced by the authorities 0 go out of business. I'ostnl inspectors state that there will De no difficulty _jn proving that the Storey company and the Provident Investment bureau were affiliated. It is estimated by the receivers that he liabilities of the two concerns are ipproxlmately $pf.000,000. Frank O. ifarrlll, alias Judge Frauklln Stone. »ne of the prime movers in the Storey •ompany, the receivers say, was also uterested in the Provident concern. According to counsel for the receivers Df the bureau, this connection is shown D11 the stubs of soinfe Provident checks. Two checks which have been honored ire in the possession of the receivers. )ne is for if.'-i.OOO, the other for $0,000. 3oth of them ure signed by W. 11. Latimer and are made out to M. P. Emerion, a young woman stenographer in he Provident office. On the stub cor•esponding to the numbers of the •hecks is the single notation, "For F. 5." The receivers say that "F. S." is •'ranklin Stone, or Frank C. Marrin. He fore the end of the week federal iffieials expect to have in their possesion evidence of a conspiracy of "getlch-qulck" concerns beside whose operations the individual losses due to he two defunct companies, it is said, vill pale into insignificance. This was itated by .1. Hector McNeal, receiver of he Provident bureau. It is expected hat the disclosure lie will show is that Philadelphia is the home of the couipiracy and that the collapse of the Storey company nipped In the bud an 1 rg* li I zed project for the fleecing of the rulliblc public all over the country. TAX BILLS TO PASS CANAL BOARD OUT SCRANTON NOTES. STRIKE ORDERED Unknown Clerk Daughter of Beavara' Part of the Japanese War I/Oan Was Landlady. Albany, N. Y., March 30.—Prank P. Ball testified before the legislative committee investigating the conduct of Justice Warren |B. Hooker that he received $2,r»32.07 from the government from Oct. 11, 1808, to Dec. 81, 1002, ostensibly for acting as a clerk at the Fredonia postoftyee without doing any Floated In That City—Damage . Russian Press Admits Stock and Mortgage Levy is Ra quested by President to Resign. Verdicts In Court, Part of the Japanese war loan is being floated in Scran ton. Yesterday $90,000 worth of bonds were sold there, and it Is expected that more will be disposed of. The bonds bear 4 1-2 per cent, interest. Bituminous Miners Go Out Movement Has Begun.' Favored. April 1st. INDEMNITY QUESTION. NO DIRECT TAXATION. work. AS TO NEW MEMBERS Two verdicts for plaintiffs were awarded in the Lackawanna court this morning. In the suit of Daisy E. Lingue against the Scranton Railway company, the jury rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $1,775. In the case of Patrick Lavelle against Rev. E. J. Melley, executor of the estate of Rev. John Loughran, the jury gave Lavelle a verdict for $1,506.51. The twelve men who sat in the Lavelle case were just eight minutes in reaching a decision after they went out yesterday afternoon. Daveile sued to recover $1,100 from Father Loughran's estate, claiming that the clergyman had given it to him while on his death bed. His story was corroborated by tile housekeeper, Catherine Dolan, and the jury believed it. They accordingly gave him the $1,100 with interest from 1899. FAIL OF AGREEMENT. He was on the list first as a laborer and later as cler| in the Fredoula postoflice. Justice Hooker got the job for him. President Shonts, of the Clover Leaf, for President. Everything Indicates Cessa- New York Republicans Had a Long Caucus. Conference Adjourned Finally Yesterday. tion of Hostilities. Before the grievance committee of the State Bar association Ball had said three times that he borrowed money from Mrs. Hooker and gave his note. He declared that he made' a mistake; that he never had borrowed from Mrs. Hooker. She merely bad indorsed for him. St. Petersburg, March 30.—A11 the government newspapers announce that peace negotiations are informally under way. Russia, they say, has made no proposal to Japan, but the emperor's ministers liave felt it their duty to learn indirectly what conditions would be acceptable to the victorious eijfemy. The publication of this news in government organs is regarded as a confession that Russia is ready to end th« war. It is also meant as notice to the loyal public that they must be prepared to accept a situation hurtful to the country's prestige. All the newspapers say that the payment of Indemnity to Japan Is out of the question and that uo formal negotiations between the two nations will begin until Emperor Nicholas and his ministers are advised through friendly channels that Japan does not seek a direct indemnity and will not ask for any Itusslau territory. Albany, N. Y., March 30.—The Republicans of the assembly by decisive majorities, afterward made unanimous, In a caucus lasting from 8 o'clock in the evening until an early hour this morning adopted as Republican party measures the two revenue bills recognized as administrative measures—one providing for a stamp tax of $2 on each 100 shares of par value of corporate stock securities sold or transferred and the other prescribing a live mill annual tax on the face wlue of all mortgages.Washington, March 30. — Secretary Taft anuouuees that the members of the Panama canal commission have placed their resignations In his hands. The resignations reached the secretary as the result of a letter addressed to the commissioners by the president advising them that he was now ready to reorganize the commission. This constitutes the first step toward that reorganization which the president haw contemplated for some time. It is declared that the present commission has virtually completed it« work, which, like that of the original commission which selected the Panama route, has been largely advisory. Altoona, Pa., March 30.—The operators and minors of the central bituminous district of Pennsylvania, after being in conference in this city almost continuously since March 16, endeavoring to agree upon a wage scale to go into effect April 1, adjourned finally yesterday, without coming to an agreement. The failure to agree mean* a suspension of work by tho 45,000 organized miners of the district at the end of the present month. When the joint wage scale committee met yesterday the operators stood upon their proposition foV a ten per cent, reduction for the tirst half of the approaching mining year, and the present scale, based upon 62 cents for pick mining, for the second half of the year. The miners' ultimatum demanded a renewal of the present scale for the full year. No agreement being possible, the scale committee adjourned llnally. The action of the miners on the committee was approved by the miners' convention,  then Adjourned. _y The identity was revealed of Minerva Jeffrey, who as a result of orders from George W. Beaver at Washington on Jan. 21, 1890, was placed on the Fredonia payrolls asv clerk and drew $251 before her transfer to Jiurlington, Vt. Miss Jeffrey was unknown in Fredonia and never appeared at that, postottice. Postmaster Moore sent her checks to Washington. The report of W. E. Cochran, chief postotiice inspector, dated Feb. 4, 1004, admitted iu evidence, s$ai 3: i Dr. V. C. Decker, of Nicholson, reported to the Scranton police that his servant, George Smith, had disappeared, also $140 of the Doctor's money. The stock transfer tax bill will take effect Immediately upon passage. The mortgage tax bill affects all mortgages recorded after July 1 next. These bills are on the order of third reading iu the senate aud iu the hands of the committee on taxation and retrenchment iu the assembly. BEER KEG ON TRACK. "Minerva Jeffrey is a daughter of Mrs. Kate Blackmar of Washington, at whose residence Mr. Beavers had a room. She is a sister of Georgia Jeffrey, a $1,000 clerk in the stamp division of the third assistant postmaster general's office, tthe owes her appointment to George ty. Beavers. She was appointed at Fredonia, N. Y., evidently for the purpose of being covered into the classified service without being required to take the civil service examination.The great problems in the constructlou of the canal, the sanitation of the canal zone, etc., having now been developed, the president deems it expedient to organize a commission which shall be composed of younger men, men possessed of unlimited executive ability and enduring energy, who will start In from the foundations laid by the older heads who compose the existing commission and go ahead and Cai'boiidaie ltoys Arrested on the Charge of Attempting to Derail The vote on the stock transfer tax bill was 07 to 19, afterward made unanimous, a I). & II. Train It is believed that the American ambassador, Mr. McCorinick, before lie departed from St. Petersburg last night conveyed to the French ambassador u blanket outline of the subjects 1 hat Japanese diplomats would discuss should a formal request come from Russia for peace negotiations. An attempt was made last evening to wreck a passenger train on the Honesdale branch of the Delaware & Hudson Railroad by placing a beetkeg on the track at a curve. The engine crashed into the beer keg. The brake shoes were" broken, but the engine was not derailed. Four Carbondale boys, ranging in years from 12 to 14, were arrested today, charged The vote on the mortgage tax bill was 61 to 22 and was afterward made unanimous, except that on this bill Messrs. Peiulry and Francisco of Brooklyn were excused from acting In the caucus on the ground of instructions by their organizations. It was decided to meet next year in Clearfield, Pa. National Secretary W. B. Wilson briefly stated the position of the miners, saying: that because conditions in the central Pennsylvania mining: field are now better than they have been for the past IS months, there is no excuse now for asking the miners to accept a reduc- "dig." The president announces that because of delay in receiving replies to tenders of positions on the commission It is improbable that the names of the new members can be made known before he leaves next Monday oil His southern trip, but It will be made at the earliest possible date. AWFUL ACCIDENT ON CANADIAN PACIFIC Trying to Sound Japan, with the crime There is no official confirmation for this, but Its truth is vouched for by at least two members of the Russian ministry. It also is said that for six days the French minister for foreign affairs. M. Delcasse, has been attempting to get something specific from Jupan on which the Russian government could frame a proposal for peace, and it is believed that by tomorrow the general views of the Japanese government, kuown through Baron Komura, will be in possession of those European agencies now engaged in bringing about an adjustment of the relations between the two nations. At the outset of the caucus a rising vote was takeh Cw the question of returning to the direct tax. but the proposition was voted down overwhelmingly. No record of the vote was taken, but Sir. Ilogci'S said afterward that not more than twelve or fifteen voted for it. Direct Taxation Opposed, FINANCIAIi AND COMMERCIAL. New York Stock Markets, furnlsh- tlon In wages, SANTO DOMINGO QUfET. The operators' secretary has issued a call for a meeting to be held In Hotel Walton, Philadelphia, next Saturday afternoon, for the purpose of considering the situation from their Public Confidence Restored by News Excursion Train ItenrliiK 500 Persons ed by M. S. Jordan & Co., stock brokers, Miners' Bank Building. New York, March 30. 1905. 141% 141% 141V6 From Washington. Dashed Into a Ditch While llun- Santo Domingo. March HO.—American Minister Dawson has received official confirmation of the acceptance by the administration at Washington of the proposition of the Dominican government regarding the diversion of customs revenues for the liquidation of the foreign debts of the republic of Santo Domingo. Mjnlster Dawson will meet the Dominican minister of finance this afternoon to arrange the details of the agreement. ning Through .Manitoba Theodore P. Shouts, president of the plover Leaf railroad, running from Toledo to St. Louis, has been selected as chairman of the new commission, and it is believed that he will accept upon his arrival here Saturday. He Is now a member of Secretary Morton's party on the dispatch bout Dolphin. Railroad Man For Chairman, Am Sugar . . A mOar & F 39% 39 50 79 87% Winnipeg, Man., March 30.—The Am Loco . . A mal Copper Atchison com Atchison pfd H. H. T. . . . B, & O  50 % 39 4 9 '■ standpoint Assemblyman Prentice suggested in the discussion on the stock transfer tax bill that the tax be made 1 cent per hundred instead of 2 cents, ex pressing the belief that such a concession was favored by Governor Hlg gins, but the proposition was not se riously considered. third section of the Home Seekers'" 79 % 87% 78 14 The Czar of Uussa is unquestionable the richest monarch in Eui*ope, If not in the world. His annual income has been estimated at $12,000,- 000. The wealth of the average person, however, is largely a matter of health. If he is strong and healthy his earning capacity •£.: much greater than the less fortunate person who4» handicapped by some sickness. Sickly people, however, need not remain fo,r in Hostetter's Stomach Bitters they will surely find health and strength. For building up run-down systems, correcting ihe liver and curing heartburn, nausea, bloating, indigestion, dyspepsia, constipation, biliousness, liver and kidney ills, general debility, spring fever, chills colds or la grippe the Bitters Is unequalled. Try a bottle and test it for yonr own satisfaction. Don't accept a substitute if you value your health. The Czar's Wealth excursion train, which left Toronto 102 1 87 V 102% 102 Mi Tuesday with settlers for the north- 67 % 66% 107% 147% 66% 107% 14* west, went into a ditch at Dryden 108% 85 miles east of Rathportage, The Can Pacific . Ches & Ohio C. F. I  Erie  L. &  Met St Ry . M. K. & T. . Mo Pacific . N. Y. Central Norf & West St. Paul .. . Ont & West Pennsylvania 57% 148% 57% 57% accident is the worst in the history of Judge Churles E. Magoou will be another member and will serve as governor of the canal zone, and after July I he will also discharge the duties of American minister to Panama. 57% 45% 141 % 123 65 56 4 5 *4 57% 45% 14 1 % 122% Another duel between the two opposing armies in Manchuria may be on the programme for the coining week The Russians, according to a Harbin correspondent, are now strongly forfP" fying their positions at Siplnghai, against which the Japanese are reported to be gathering in force. The reported Russian retirement from Sipinglial to Chaoumlaodzl was incorrect, due to a telegraphic error. The caucus action was preceded by more than four hours of discussion, in which great difference of opinion and freedom of expression prevailed. the Canadian Pacific railroad 140% 122% From reports so far received all th»." In principle it is understood that 4.1 per cent of the revenues will be handed to tiuD government and that 35 per cent will in? placed 011 deposit until the fate of the Dawson- Sancliez convention has been decided by the United States senate, the creditors to await the action of the senate before receiving any payments. . doctors have left ltathportage for the 65 106 From 3 o'clock In the afternoon until after 7 in the evening a conference representing not only the Republican majority In the legislature, but the state administration, met in the executive, chamber anil thrashed out the question of state revenue, with reference especially to the pending stock transfer and mortgage tax bills and the necessity of legislation at this session to meet the deficit in the state finances without recourse to a direct state tax. scene The authorities of the road John F. Wallace, at present chief engineer of the canal, will be made a member of the commission. 106% 162% 85% 161% 106% 161% refuse to make any statement. There 84% 85% 175 were about 5u0 persons on the train TWO MULES KILLED. Two members must be officers of the army and navy, and Colonel Clarence E. Edwards, now chief of the insular affairs bureau, is suggested as the army representative. The remaining two members will be engineers, and it was expected that the president would reappoint William Barclfty Parsons of New York and appoint Professor Burr, but this is now regarded as unlikely. 175% 64 142% 62% 174% 62% 142% 110% 94% 33% 67% 34 % 98% 140% 110% 93% 33 % 66% 34 Peo Gas .. Reading . . Rock Island So Pacific . Ill 94% Driver at llolctellH'rg No. 2 Colliery 33% 67% 34 14 Public confidence has been re-established, and ijulet prevails throughout the republic. .llad a Narrow Kscape Tills VIEWS IN WASHINGTON. So liwy com . T. C. & I. .. Texas Pacific Union Pacific U. S. Steel . U. S. Steel pfd Wabash Morning. 98 % 38% 129% 35% 95% 47 24% 94 % 38 12S % 35% 95% 46% 24 % 38 128% 35 % 95% 46% 2i% Does This Mean You? President Ready to Aid Peace Move- ment if Asked to Do So. Washington. March 30. — The president has decided to recommend the selection of William E. Gould of Baltimore as one of the collectors of custofns at Santo Domingo. It has not yet been determined whether Mr. Gould will have general C.hnrge of the collections at all parts or whether other persons will be appointed. William E. Gould is a New Yorker and was educated at Columbia university. He was formerly iu business in New York city. Dominican Collector Named, A driver In the mines at Heldelburg No. 2 colliery had a very narrow escape from being seriously injured this morning and the two mules he was driving were killed. The mules were beiug driven up an incline and weso struck by a loaded car. The car that did the damage was being tilled in a chamber at tile head of the Incline and was started out unexpectedly by the force of a blast. It went at territic speed and dashed into the mules, throwing them back against the cars they were drawing and killing them instantly. The driver very fortunately saw the car coming and reached a place of safety before the collision occurred. The real 'value of a set of good, serviceable natural teeth cannot be given in dollars and c.nts. One's general health is ofttlmes affected by poor teeth. If you have lost any of your teeth or they are beyond repair, have them replaced by plate or bridge work. By having your teeth examined by a reliable dentist two or three times a year and cared for when necessary, you will save yourself much suffering and annoyance and preserve your teeth. Pleased to serve you. Washington, March 30.—The state department will not admit that it is taking auy hand to bring Japan and Russia on a diplomatic footing. It is officially said that neither Russia nor Japan has asked President Roosevelt to assist in ending the wait Tills of course is true, but it is nevertheless recognized that the state department uioie.thun once has informed Ambassador Cassinl and Minister Takahira of Its willingness to do anything to promote peace. There was full discussion by all present of the pending questions, and Governor lliggins reiterated his determination that there shall be 110 return to the direct tax. It was nlso clear that he himself favored both of the proposed revenue measures. After the conference the governor would say only that he had at no time regarded the situation as serious. Earlier in the day Clovemor lliggins had expressed the opinion in answer to a question that the existing surplus in the treasury would not suffice to meet the needs of the government. LaGrlppe and Pneumonia. Pneumonia often follows la grippe but never follows the use of Foley's Honey and Tar. It cures la grippe coughs and prevents pneumonia and consumption. Ask for Foley's Honejr and Tar and refuse any substitute offered. Mr. G. Vacher, of 167 Osgood street, Chicago, writes: "My wife Jtad a severe case of la grippe three years ago, and It left her with a terrible cough. She tried a bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar and it gave Immediate relief. A 50 cent bottle cured her cough entirely." Refuse substitutes. H. H. Tinker. Mex Central Eight Pairs of Twins, Chariton. Ia., March 30— Mrs. James Bradley has presented her husband with an eighth pair of twins. Th« mother is sixty-five years old. and the father is seventy-eight. The twins are a boy, weighing eight pounds, and a girl, weighing seven, botli well dsvel oped and healthy. Dli. W. H. MOON, 13 North Main Street, City Philadelphia, March 80—This city ex perleuced the hottest weather ever recorded in March since the weather bureau was established in 1872. The maximum temperature was 70 degrees. At Wllkesbarre the temperature touched 80 in the shade. It was the warmest March day experienced throughout the Wyoming valley in over thirty years. Hot In Keystone State. The geuulue wish of this government for peace In the far east is not based upon selfish interests. American financiers have not overloaded themselves with the bonds of either of the belligerent nations. Washiugtou believes that It is to the advantage of both belligerents that the far eastern war come to a speedy end, and anything that this government can do to bring that about will be done gladly. Forest Fires In Ohio, Try Purseli's framing; It's best. Cab Service at Your Call. Any hour of day or night; hauling of all kinds; coach hire for weddings or funerals. Sutton's livery. Both phones. FIRE IN CARBONDALE. Coshocton, O., March 30.—More than 500 acres north and west of Coshocton are being swept by forest and prairie fires, which are still raging. Men, women and children have done nothing for twelve hours but fight the darned. Miles of fences and acres of forests have been burned. No dwellings have yet been burned. Ready to Bail Whiteman. No Carnegie Aid For Sectarian Schools Buffalo, March 30.—Isaac Hamptou and Edward O. Hoffman of Dansvtlle. N. Y , appeared at the district attorney's office and offered to furnish $10,- 000 bail for the release of Alouzo J. Whiteman. No action was taken In the matter pending an Investigation of some of the collateral offered. Whiteman was recently acquitted on a charge of grand larceny, but five counts of the indictment on charges of grand larceuy and forgery still stand against him. Clarke Bros.' General Store Damaged New York. March 30.—The Times to day prints an interview with Andrew Carnegie, In the course of which Mr Carnegie declared that colleges on sec tariau foundations were not eligible to his gifts. This Morning to the Extent Money to loan at Yaseen's. of $20,0(10, Try Purseli's framing; it's cheapest Fire started this morning at 11:15 in the Aitken building, on Main street, Carbondale, occupied by Clarke Bros, as a general store. The grocery department suffered most seriously, the damage being estimated at $20,000. The stock In that part of the store was completely destroyed. The cause of the fire is not positively known, but It supposed that a lighted match was carelessly thrown among some papers. Within half an hour the fire was under control. The building in which the fire occurred is practically destroyed. D. McMullen, a tailor, suffered a loss of $400, and the furnishings of the" Liberty Bank were also slightly damaged. Memorial Day Sports Barred. SPECIAL NOTICES. Frvm the outset of the war the president has taken the position, as has been repeatedly announced by Secretary Taft, that he will do anything In his power to assist Russia and\ Japan to a peace basis when his services shall be acceptable to the belligerents. But it Is authoritatively stated that no official of the Washington government is ambitious to pose as the mediator between the czar and mikado. Lincoln, Neb.. March 30.—Both houses of the legislature have passed a bill prohibiting sports oil Memorial day, and the governor will sign it. Horse racing, baseball games and other sports not permitted on Sunday in this state must not lie engaged in on Memorial day after the bill becomes a law. During this wet weather you'll have lots of use for your umbrella; have us repair it and put it in useful order. Scliussler. J%r For Your Boy Stole Qoid Ingot. Buffalo, March 30.—Two boys, who gave the names of Sidney Bowers and Philip Scott of Brooklyn were arrested by detectives while trying to die pose of an ingot of gold weighing about four pounds and worth $1,200. Bowers, the police say, confessed that he stole the gold bar from the Hay Watch company of Brooklyn, where he formerly worked. Tobacco Warehouses Burned. those rundown Q is no better remedy  1 that are Consideration: Call and see Bonstein's new line of wall paper.* 30 Church street. Raleigh, N. C., March: 30.—A fire which broke out in Louisburg de stroyed about fTO.OOO worth of property, including the tobacco warehouses of C. B. Cheatham, the Louisburg tobacco warehouse, the W. T. Hughes warehouse and a number of other buildings. there Paris Is Hopeful, than Special low prices In many lines. You save money when you deal here. Paris, March 30.—It is impossible to say what progress has been made to bring about a conference between representatives of Russia and Japan. It is believed that communications have passed between M. Deleasse and the American ambassador in St. Petersburg, but It la feared that Japau is holding off until such time as Russia's suggestions have taken delinite form. The sensational newspapers announce that all preliminaries have been slopped because, as alleged, Japan has intimated through a friendly power that Jbe will ask for 1800,000,000 and will not permit any amendment to this clause. There seems to be no warrant for this statement. On the contrary, everything teuds toward peace. It is known that both Great Britain and France are actively engaged in attempting to bring about a diplomatic meeting. DO YOU GET A very desirable house oil the East Side and one on the WeA Side, both have choice locations and all lm- For Rent. Stegmawr' § Lace curtains 2% yards long, 34 in wide, regular 75c value, for 45c. Red Star Stamps with your fresh meat purchases'? You do if you buy at Ilallock's. provements. Large assortment of embroidery for corset covers, 15 in. wide, the 25 and 39c quality for 15c. Engineer Accidentally Electrocuted, San Francisco, March -30.—A record breaking train load of lumber loft this city for Buffalo, marking the beginning of a new phase of a California Industry. The train, which was inude up of twenty-live cars, was entirely of dress ed redwood, curly aud straight grained, and designed for interior tluishlngs. Iu each car there were 20,000 feet ol .lumber. Twenty-five Cars of Redwood, G. B. THOMPSON, Agent New Britain, Conn., March 30.— Thomas Haynes, an assistant engineer iu a local power house, was found dead at the switchboard, and accoadlng to the medical examiner he died of an electric shock. A small burn on his forehead was the only mark on his body. Elegant assortment of Val and Torchon Lace and insertion, wirth regular, 10c, 15 and 25c, your choice of lot, a yard 5c. Roe and buck shad, clams, oysters, Gorier new vegetables. Frederick's Market. Anchor r Pain Expeller Any day you can find a nice lino of 1 lot of Corsets, about 50 dozen, worth 75c and $1.00. Your choice wo have your size, 50c. l'resh meats and specialties at Cliicugo It is a PL) 11ET product of Cash Meat Market, Malt and Hops, both a food Large line of neck Touching, black, white and all colors, a yard. 25c. CLAMS. CLAMS. Rochester, N. Y., March 30.—Robert Ideson, forty-live years old, whose home was at Lima, was burned to death in a lire which destroyed the house In which he was sleeping. He was alone in the house at the time. Burned to Death In Home. Secretary Hay Much Better. pnd a drink. 1 lot ladles' muslin under skirts, trimmed with deep cambric flounce and 6 inch torchon lace, regular 75c quality, for only 50c. Bi stock; all kinds, at Sharp's Market. Gibraltar, March 30.—The White Star line steamship C re tie, from New York March 18 for Naples, with Secretary of State Hay and Mrs. Huy on board, arrived here. In an Interview Mr. Hay said he felt much better than when he left New York. The Oretic sailed from here for Algiers. Try it today Money to loan at Yaseen's Jewelry THE GREAT PAIN RELIEVING HOUSEHOLD REMEDY Elegant line of top collars and lace collars from 5c. store, 63 North Main St. Nice showing of white goods for Czar Tried to Take His Life? Alice Roosevelt to Manage White Houst Ideal and Little Beauty under waists and corset waists, worth more, our price 25c. Paris, March 30.—An unconfirmed rumor from St. Petersburg is published here this morning to the effect that Emperor Nicholas made an attempt to commit suicide and wounded himself In the hand. The rumor further says that the emperor's design was frustrated by the intervention of his mother, the empress dowager. Washington, March 30.—During Mrs. Roosevelt's absence In the south foi twelve or fifteen days Miss Alice Roosevelt will be iu charge of the White House. summer; new embroideries and laces. Stegmiaier Brewing Co. Clara Wagner's, 22 S. Main. Lineal*, Neb., March 30.—Oovemoi Mickey has vetoed the Mcmullen bill for the regulation of the practice of medicine in Nebraska. The bill is aLsu knowu as "the antl-Chrlsttau Science bill." Governor Vetoed Medical Bill, "MAGMET The Gazette Printing Office would like to do your printing. Only the finest quality of work, and at prices that will suit. Pittston, Pa. Justice of the Peace Sixty-eight Years At all Druggists, 25 & 50c. Look for the Trade-Mark ANCHOR Lu Porte, J.ud., March 30—Daniei Shaw, who served srtxty-eight years as a justice of the peace here, is dead. He wus ninety-one years old. . V Bottling Department. NEW 'PHONE 8462' 3? South. Main St. Money to loan at Yaseen's. Money to loan at Yaseen's.