Pittston Gazette

              *: .1 ad. In th« ' effective r £ town? Then cubtcrtbe for te. The only new*p«p«r pub- In the city. ' |.ino men, —i : dren In thl community. , ' / * -li .V :-rrF FIFTY SECOND YEAR HART IBM. PITTSTON, PA., MONDAY BVENINO, OCTOBER a». 1901. only daily m err Always The ChMpttf. PHILADELPHIA'S RIPPER BILL WAS NEARLY CAUGHT. WILY QSNERAt BOTHAS DEATH OF GEN. WALKER DESTI+UTE GOLD 8EEKERS. OLD ELI CELEBRATE8 The Fox Lasso Eye-Glass Guards kltehc ner'a Efforts to Capture tfec Steamer DtIbbb Daclc I'nfortaaatet Compare our goods with saybody 3. We are glad tSo make comparisons. Note tbe prices lot this week. London, Oct 21.—The capture of General Botha la now Lord Kitchener's chief objective point. The dlspatches are most confusing, representing him one day as heading northward and the next as donbling back sooth. Ward. The natural explanation is thai after bis fetltemeht to Wakkerstroom he learned that the British columns were pressing ;;;NU nlni frotB v&rlous directions and broke up his forces Into' small bands, which are moving north, south and west. Boer Cotamander FraltitM. Tort Townshend, Wash., Oct. 21.— The steamer Centennial, previously reported ashors near Teller City, baa arrived at quatantine. bringing 450 pas sengers. Th» C'enteiJriiSl SSiled trout Nome Oct. 9. Among her passenger# were thirty who were destitute Btilf were brought down by the steamer free of charge. The Centennial's passengers From Nome—Disastrous Storms. 1U0 pairs 10-4 White, Grey and T«a Blankets, with fancy border*, Mi 49 Cenlm a /Ptolr. Men's Heavy Natural Wool Hhlrte and Drawers, For 39 Cento Each. Women's Fleece Lltfnd Vesta ufi Pants, extra heavy weight, For 23 Cento Each. Man's Extra Hearvy Blue Denim Ore* - alls, For 43 Cant* • Fair. Children's Eiderdown Coafta, IB en colors, nicely trimmed, Front 73 Comto Up. Ladles' RTMnA or Plain Black AB Wool Hose, IS Conta a Pair. Children's Flannelette Sleeving Oefmenta, all alias. For 23 Canto a ML Men'' Heavy Scarlet Merino Shirt* and Pants, 23 Conta Each. Children's Ready-MadtD Wnnllltl Dresses. From 23 Conta Up. Men's Beavy Knit Wool Hoee, Far 12 1-2 Conta a Pair. We are now showing the latest novelties in Ladies' Shift Waiata and Dress Skirts for Fall and Win Third Massacre off Troops Narrowly Averted* Noted Officer Comtnanded Slonefraii Brigade; Beginning of Bicentenary Ceremonies at Yale. are the greateet achievement In the optical world. They are comfortable, cleanly and elegant. They hold the glas66t In poaitlon perfectly, without pinching thw nose or irritating the akin. Fitted and adjueted to any eyegUeaea by It is Unconstitutional.Big Postoffice Robbery. SAVED BY AN OFFICER. ALSO AN EX-CONGRESSMAN report that at St. Michael's winter had practically set In and that tpe streets were frozen and siiow had begun ti fall. STREETS BLUE ARCHWAYS The British pursuit of Botha's transport has been Unsuccessful; and.  a largo force His been concentrated li) the Wakkerstroom district, the prospect of making a large anpture of Botha's men Is unpromising. Diversions in othrf districts for the relief ot Botha have been looked for, but there Is no definite information. Delarey and Kemp have crossed the Vaal into the Orange River Colony for this object, but ao British reverse has been reported. Be Wet and Steyri arg noi mentioned In any dispatches. Skaguay and Its vicinity have been visited by disastrous rainstorms, causing much loss ol property. Ou the emoon of Oct. 13 a torrent of wattit rushed down the valley, carrying de structlon In Its wake. Three bridges were wrecked, the roadbed of the White Pass and Yukon railroad was washed away In placea and buildings on the water taont between Broadway and tht bluff were Inundated. Pictures of President Roosevelt, Wha Plan to FlTl Calbiga Jail With Bolo- In an Election Contest He 8Hot His Opponent's Counsel and Went Back Is to Oat an Honorary Degrf*- From DECISION OF THE supreme COURT CHICAGO VAULT WAS ENTERED mtn and to Attack Garrison—Hard Flflhlinij on kh'e Island Neceaaary the Great University Thlt Week, to His Hotel With Two Bullet* In Adorn the Decorations. H.G. SHUPP, to Put Down the Insurrection, His Own Body. New Haven, Conn., Oct. 21—Tale began yesterday the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the founding of the college. Religious services took place in ncc9rd with the devout and reverent traditions of the good old New England days when the little handful of clergymen gathered together ahd tvltfo prayerful supplications asked Divine blessing tiport tli# Institution which they had conceived and brought forth. -vf Manila, Oct. 21.—Another massacre of American troops has been averted by the vigilance of. Lieutenant Thomas XI. Bnlns, Jr., of the Ninth United States Infantry. The lieutenant discovered a prisoner re entering a cell at Calbiga, Sanmr. where seVerai #ete confined, through a hole that had been let In the Vvall. An Investigation showed a plan to fill the jail with bolomeri and to call the guard, which would be necessary to get the door open, and then tr attack the garrison. Richmond, Va., Oct 21.—General James A. WiUker, former member of congress from the Ninth district and a brigadier general In the Confederate army, who at one time commanded Stonewall JUcksod's old brigade; died at his home ih Wytheville, Va., ye&tetday.Scientifio Optician, The Thieves Succeeded In Getting Away With $76,000 Worth of Stamps. 31 W. Market St., Wllknbarra. Effect is to Cause a Return to System of Appointing Members of Tax Board. A big slide occurred near Pennington, and the snow sheds Just erected were wrecked. Losses will easily foot up to $75,000. When the waters began to make their appearance around the doors of bouses on the low grounds In Skaguay, much excitement prevailed, and as the rain continued in torrents all made preparations to move. Captain Jenks, U. s. a., ordered the military out, and th|»y rendered assistance in saving life and property. NO MATTER HOW YOU ARE BUILT The Boer bands In Cape Colony are acting Independently and with Increas Ing authority, for they have been peril ously near Cape Town, but they seem reprisals for the drastic British metbhaust their resources In looting. No reprisals for the drastic British metli ods of dealing with treason In Cape Colony have been reported."The change of policy was well timed, since the Boers are apparently unable to take prisoners. General Walker was a man with a national reputation. He entered the Confederate army In 1861 as captain of a company of the Fourth Virginia Infantry, which was. assigned to the famous "Stonewall" brigade. -He was promoted to colonel the same year and In 1863 was made brigadier general and assigned to command of the "Stonewall" brigade. When Lee Surrendered to Grant at Appomattox, (general Walker was In command of General Early's old brigade. After the war he served as commonwealth's attorney, representative In the legislature and lieutenant governor. He was twice elected to congtess as a Republican from the Ninth Virginia district and was a candidate for re-election In November, 1890. D Chicago, Oct 21.—One of the boldest robberies in the history of the United States was committed last night, fthen one of the three grfe&t vaults in the temporary postofflce was entered, $76.- 620 worth of stamps being stolen. Several postofflce employes are under surveillance and a number of arrests are expected. And no matter what style of fit you want, we can fit you perfectly. Tbe single breasted T Pittsburg, Oct. 21.—The Supreme .Court of Pennsylvania, sitting in this •city, today handed down a decision in the case of tjie Philadelphia "Ripper" trill. The action of the lower court sustaining the bill Is reversed, and the bill is declared to be unconstitutional, an injunction being granted as prayed for. The "Ripper" bill in question was passed by the last Legislature. Its efflect was to change the method of selecting members of the Board of Tax Revision in the city of Philadelphia. iFor a number of years, the members of this board, which had all to do with appeata from assessments for city purlDoses, had been appointed by the county courts, but the "Ripper" bill made a change and directed that the members of the board should be elected by the people at the polls. Three Bets of candidates for the offices have been nominated and the names certified for placing on the ballot to be used at the election next month. It is not yet -known what the political managers of the Quaker City purpose doing with respect to the decision. And so were fathered In the city's churches unwonted congregations while thanksgivings and prayers were lifted for Yale, its past and its futurtf. The grand old hymns were sung, and all united in them. Powerful sermons were uttered, in formal address the university's relations to Christian theology and missions were presented, and the charm of music afforded the day's climax. It also developed that the instigators were a priest and the presidente, both of whom hare been arrested, together with several other prominent persons. teriWear. Other attempts have been discovered, but, fortunately, frustrated, at Pambujan and other points in Samar. Fire In Maryland Town. sack is very sty IT PAYS TO BUY AT T* American Baiting: Arerafn. Philadelphia, Oct. 21.—A special to The Ledger from Salisbury, Ma., says that South Salisbury was swept by tire Sunday morning, causing the loss of about $30,000. The flames started in the kindling wood mill of W. B. filler and spread to his three warehouses, all of which were destroyed. In these buildings were stored 4,000,- 000 bundles of kindling wood. Miller's loss on stock is $14,000; on the mill, $8,000, and on the three warehouses, $4,000, on all of which there Is an in surance of $14,000. Two dwelling houses adjoining the mill were also destroyed.lish just now and also the dressy double-breasted suit. PEOPLE'S SHH& t Re-enforcements are being rushed to Samar. Three hundred and thirty marines under Lieutenant Colonel Mancil C. Goodrell have gone there on board ♦he United States cruiser New York, and two battalions of the Twelfth infantry will be sent at once to the same point. Chicago, Oct. 21.—The batting aver ages of the players in the American league Issued by President Ban John son shows Napoleon Lajole of thp Philadelphia team above everybody else. His average is .422, a phenom enal one. He played In 121 games, was at bat 543 times and made 143 runs and 220 lilts. He sacrificed only ouce and stole 27 bases. Wlltse oi Philadelphia Is second, with a batting average of .373, while of Baltimore is third, with an average of .1*52. James J. Callahan of the Chicago club stands fifth on the list, having an average of .344. He is just below "Buck" Freeman of the Boston team. IS SOUTH MAIN ST. NUT TO HOT'S. - GREELY ON THE PHILIPPINES. The principal streets had become archways of blue, adorned at intervals with pictures of President Roosevelt, who on Wednesday is to be Yale's guest and who on that day will become a son of Yale when the university's honorary degree is conferred upon him. Each of the Yale buildings bore the university seal of great proportions done in blue and gold. All were festooned with blue and evergreen, while colorcd lanterns of varied hues added to the euchaufmeui. 1rale Colors Bfwynhert. THE MOST COMPLETE STOCK OF FALL SUIT• Qvans 8ays That the Army Officers Are Dane London, Oct. 21.—Brigadier General A. W. Greely, chief of the United Slates Signal Service at Manila, who is in London, was interviewed this morning regarding alfairB In the Philil'Pines. He said the health of the officers is being undermined by the demands of society. They dance until three nightly. Greely refused to criticise the campaign in the islands, but said that, if asked, he give the President some very candid advice. ing Themselves Sick. INGS ARE HERE. Manila Xativea Delighted. It was the result of this electloh which led up to the tragedy in General Walker's life.. The election returns showed that General Walker's competitor, Judge Rhea, the Democratic candidate, had been elected, and General Walker charged fraud and gave notice of contest. Never before have we carried such a line. Come in and look them over. {Brothers' !Pr/o99» United States officers from other provinces that, were supposed to be pacified have recently arrived in Manila and say that the news of American disasters spreads like wildfire among tlie natives, who scarcely attempt to conceal their delight. SOME OOO ANO VERY PRETTY OVERCOATS HAVE ARRIVED. Best Patent Flour, per bbl . . $4.50 Feed, per 100 . . 1.35 Bran and Br. Midd., Bl* Steel Plant For Whlttler, Cal. Sail Francisco, Oct. 21.—The United States Steel corporation will build an Immense steel plant at Whlttler, in this state, and preliminarily the Murphy OH company's plant at Whlttler has been purchased for $2,000,000. In addition comes the equally positive statement that President Doke of the Doke. Smelting company of St. .Louis has purchased for the United State? Steel corporation all the iron and cop per deposits In southern Utah aud all the deposits along the line of the Clark road from Utah to southern California. The Manila constabulary discovered a large quantity of steel wagon springs which were being shipped to various, districts. Investigation showed that these were to be used In manufacturing bolos. When General Walker filed notice of a contest, W. S. Hamilton volunteered his services to Judge Rhea, and the offer was accepted. The scene of the testimony taking was the jury room of the Virginia courthouse. The only furniture in the room were a dozen chairs and a small table, on which had be$n placed a typewriter. V Drew Ills Derringer. From the simple school of 1701 Yale today finds herself a great university, developed through-the years from a one building Institution, down through her "brick row" to a campus, thence to a second campus and now today to a third and even stretching out In her departmental buildings to territory as great again. BUSS, The City Tailor, Detroit, Mich., Oct. 21.—By a deal completed in the City of Mexico within the last few hours Sydney A. Witherbee of this city has secured concessions for about 1,500 miles of railroad from the Mexican government. The concessions are $10,000 a mile for the construction of the road and a grant of 7.000,000 acres of land. The line runs from the Kansas City and Orient railroad at Presidio del Norte on the west to Matamoras on the Rio Grande and thence to the east coast of Mexico. Following the east coast of Mexico, the road runs to Campeche. on the gulf. Mexican Hallway Conce«*lon«. MAIN ST., OPPOSITE WATER ST. per 100 1.15 450 POOR, AFFLICTED CHINA. Oats, per bu Potatoes, bu Butter, Finest The Bubonic Plague ia Devastating T. W. KYTE, GROCER. PuttingThingsAway When you put away the Groceries you receive from our store we want you to noiice THE PROMPTNESS OF DELIVERY. THE CLEANNESS OF THE 0000S. THE FULL, HONEST MEASURE. THE QUALITY OF WHAT YOU OET. These are abundant reasons why you §hould send your order to our ftvra Call and £et~K4. coir. WYO. AVE. AND EXETER 8T. Order by either pluno or by messenger. 1 75« the South. The troops In Samar look for hard fighting. Brigadier General Jacob II. Smith, who is in coinmaud, has visited most of the ports and Instructed the commanders that the Insurrection must be stainpetf out and General Lukbau. the Insurgent leader, captured. Already the movement of troops has begun. * When in need of London. Oct. 21.—The Church Missionary Society has received a telegram stating that the bubonic plague is very bad in Southern China. YALE'S BI-CENTENNIAL. Those present when the difficulty occurred were General Walker, his stenographer, Robert M. Calfee, and his friend and supporter, Albert R. Heckman of Bristol; Judge William R. Rhea and his counsol, William 8. Hamilton; W. H. Price, Jr., notary public; George- E. Davis. Rhea's secretary; George t\ StcfTner. who had been called as a witness; C. C. Kldd, Milton B. Owen and James A. Stone, clerk of the corporation court. Within Battell chapel, where the bicentennial was begun, an assemblage as imposing as the exercises were simple took part. On the rostrum sat President Arthur Twining Hadlejv At his right was the Rev. Dr. Joseph Twichell of Hartford, the preacher of the bicentennial sermon. To his left was Thornns G. Bennett of the Yale corporation. Next to Dr. Twichell sat former President Timothy Dwlght. On one end was Henry Howland of New York, on the other the Rev. Charles Ray Palmer, both fellows of the university corporation. All wore the gowns of their offices.Dairy, lb . 340 Lard, pure, lb iao (Sheese, Foil Gateway Erected in Memory of War Victims Dedicated Today. New Haven, Conn., Oct. 21.—The second day of the Yale bi centennial idawned bright and cool. The streets jwere soon filled with throngs of visittors, while early trains brought guests and sightseers from every direction. The day'B ceremonies omu| ftrith the formal dedication of gateway erected by the class of 1896 In memory .Ifrard Cheney and Girard Merrick, two members of the class who lost their lives In the War. Promptly a, 10 crclock, the President, members of the corporation and delegaUfk from colleges and learned Bccletldr gathered In front of Dwight Hall, in academic costumes. The gatheiing was notable for the large num ber of distinguished men present. Battell chapel was packed to the doors. President Hadley presided over the Exercises. The first speaker was Thomas Thacher, of New York, who delivered an address entitled. "Yale in Its Relation to Law." William Henry Welch, professor of pathology at Johns Hopkins university, spoke on "Yale in Its Relation to Medicine." At 3 o'clock this afternoon the guests again assemble at Battell chapel for the formal address of welcome to Yale and the city by President Hadley. THE POPE VERY WEAK Killed by Freight Train. Suffered an Alarming Recurrence of His Old Trouble. Lacana Complains. General Lacuna, who surrendered last May. has complained to General Chaffee that the terms upon which he and his force surrendered have not been respected by the Americaus. He exhibited a document signed by himself and General Frederick Funston in which he and his force are granted immunity in respect of all acts committed contrary to the laws of war. York, Pa., Oct. 21.—Miss Barbara II genfritz, aged twenty, and Harvej Newcomer, aged nineteen, were Instant ly killed by being struck by a freight train on the Northern Central railwaj near Glen Rock, south of here. Mis? Ugenfrltz went on a visit to Glen Rock anCJ rfqycpnjvv her. Upoi returning they walked albug the track and stepped put of the way of one train and got in front of another. Sream, lb . iao Goffee, lb 1 D0 Tobacco,g£J£ 4«» London, Oct. 21.—A message from Rome states that the Pope had an alerming recurrence from his intestinal trouble, Saturday night, and that today His Holiness is in a state of great weakness. Not an American Citiaen, St. Petersburg Oct. 21.—The man named Scliultze, who has been cgnvict ed at Lubln, Russian Poland, of having in his possession a false passport under the name of Degachoff, who has been sentenced to four years' penal servitude and thereafter to deportation to tlie island of Saghalin aud who says he Mas born In New York, has been in correspondence with Mr. Tower for eighteen months. The'einbassy and the state department have thoroughly Investigated his claims to American clti zeiifihlp and liavfe pronounced them uufounded.Pfeffucr whb on the stand, and Gener-j cd Walker was cross examining the witness. He and Hamilton differed on a point In the examination, and some sharp words were passed. It is said by1 the Rhea men that after this tilt Gen era! Walker drew from his pocket a sin- j gle barrel Derringer pistol and held it In his hand as if to conceal it under his coattail. Tobacco, lb 40* Tobacco, 528; lb 400 THE WEATHER. Washington. Oct. 21.—Forecast until 8 t. m., Tuesday, for Eastern'Pennsylvania: Fair tonight and Tuesday. Since this document executed several of Lacuna's officers and men have been tried, condemned aud sentenced to death for killing American prisoners. Cannot Replace Antiques. Below iu the cliolr stfUls. sat a picked choir of students. The body of the chapel was occupied id the center'aisle by distinguished delegates and guests, an assemblage the like of which probably has never before gathered In the country. These men of letters and science wore academic gowns, with hoods of many colors. The seats of the side aisles were filled with Yale graduates, while the three galleries were reserved for women. A Dlstlnfrnlnhed Aaiemblage. Evans Bros. Nashua, N. II.. Oct. 21— The furnish lugs In the New Hampshire room o 1 the New England building at Buffalo which was burned Saturday night, be longed to General William E. Spalding of this ctty and were worth $10,000 General Spalding, however, cannot re place vthem. as they were antiques and df historical association. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. General Funston says that when It was signed he gave Lacuna orally to understand that the. killing of American prisoners was excepted. Lacuna admits that something was said on this subject,' but says no thorough under standing was reached, and lie consld ers the written agreement binding. New York Stock Markets. furnlBhed by M. S. Jordan & Co, Btock brokers, room 26 Miners' Bank building. Tried and Acquitted. 46 SOUTH MAIN STREET. Just as the testimony taking was about to be resumed General Walker, without seeming to address any one In particular, saUl that if they would get a sober man there as counsel he would resume tlip cross examination of the witness, but he did iiot propose to do so with that "damned drunken man" any longer. , New York. Oct. 21, 1901 drange Crop of Florida. For Early Fall Colorado outhern Southern R. R  Sugar : Atchison  Atchison, pref. .. BrC oklyn Traction Che«. and Ohio ... U. S. Steel  U. S. Steel, pref. . M&iihattan El  Mo, Pacific  People's Gas .... Col, Iron and Fuel So. Pacific  Open. Clos. 13 % 13% 86% 86% 120 % 120 78 77% 97 97 61 601/4 45% 45% 43% 43 92% 92% 120 120% 94 % 94% 106% 106% 92% 92 59% 59% 02 89% 25% 25% 33% 33 147 147 40% 40% 60% 59% 12% 12% 99% 99% 88 88% 36% 36 91% 91% 50% 50 Jacksonville, Kin.. Oct. 21.—Florida's r,range yield this year will be about 1.200.000 boxes, according to the best estimates made now. The fruit Is tine, and some sny that the yield will be 1.500.000 boxes. Many people have come Into south Florida since "the. freeze" from the northern part of the state, and they have acquired small groves "which have been enlarged, so that the orange growing acreage is increasing each year. OSTEOPATHY '"PITTSTON. Senor Reyes, n well known editor of Madrid, in visiting here. He says he realizes that the rebellious natives are beaten. He believes that the Filipino junta at Hongkong Is the most active agitator against the Americans and that It is the chief source of the rebels' money supply. lie criticises the Federal party here as being overloaded with insincere offleeseekers. He advocates Agulnaldo's release and his assumption of the leadership of the National party. New York. Oct. 21.—John Flanagan, champion hammer thrower, in his ef forts at the track and field games ot the Greater New York Irish Athletk association made a new world's record, throwing the fifty-six pound weight a distance of 36 feet 0% Inches. The best previous record was 35 feet 10 inches, held by J. 8. Mitchell. Mndf New World's Record. The service began at 10:30 a. m. A chant by the choir was followed by the Lord's prayer. President Hadley read a lesson from the Scriptures, and after the "Te Deuin" the vast congregation sang Psalm lxv., York tune. It was appropriate because at the opening of the first college in New Haven in 1718 the congregation united in singing the first four verses of this psalm. There is no suit so appropriate for early Fall wear a* the Double breasted Sack, ud at no previous time in history have conditions been moM - 4 favorable to its just popularity than at present. Never before have the patterns in wooleaa been so appropriate, nor the cut so artistic as have been dosigned for this season. We an prepared to fill all the requirements in FINE TAILORING. Hamilton immediately said, that. If that language" was meaut for him Walker was a "damned liar." Treats and Cures Chronir General Walker arose and again drawing bis Derringer fired at Hamilton without a word, striking him several inches above the navel. Hamilton was seated and was just in the act of rising when he was shot, and he immediately arose to his feet and straightened up. Disease. Consultation and Examination Free, by Appoint- Send for literature. WHEREABOUTS OF MISS STONE Horned (o Death. Said to Have Been Taken to a Village Revolutionists Near Panama. Panama. Colombia, via Galveston. Tex.. Oct. 21.—A party of revolution ists, said to be led by General Lugo, ap peared on the heights in sight of La Boca. which is a few miles from Paua ma. The party waved a red flag and then disappeared. Government troop* were sent after the party, but the lat ter could not Ik* found. The govern ment soldiers are now stationed In La Boca. Marietta, O., Oct. 21.-D. P. Pattin oi Pattin Bros. & Co., was burned tc deatli here in a fire that destroyed thi machine shop the firm. He cuterec the building to investigate an escape o) gas. A terrible explosion followed which shook the entire city. The bodj was recovered alter It had been burner bey (Hid recognition. The Rev. Joseph Hopkins Twichell of Hartford, the senior fellow of the corporation, pleached the sermon, a magnificent effort. The closing hymn was, ment. Constantinople, Oct. 21.—The hill on the Bulgarian frontier where Miss Stone Is supposed to be imprisoned, has been found to be inaccessible. The biigands have been seen on another mountain. Two hundred Bulgarian troops chased them without avail. It was learned later that this appearance of the brigands was but a ruse to divert the attention of their pursuers wblle Miss Stone was being taken «4sewhere. Now she is reported to be in a peasant hamlet in the environs of Elechnitza. She has been traced through the Turkish district of Ruzlik and then to the frontier village of Gracheraki, where the abductors remained a few days. The brigandB have changed the place for the payment of the ransom. They have notified Consul General Dickinson that the money must be paid at Starcliichta. a Bulgarian village in Eastern Macedonia. In Eastern Macedonia. Car and Foundry . O. & W  Pennsylvania  Reading  Tenn. C. & I  Leather  Union Pacific  Union Pacific, pref Wabash, pref  Western Union .. M., K. & T  Norfolk  Copper 1 Ilea Soldier* Killed. Two more shots were fired, and General Walker dropped his JJerrlnger on the table and quickly left the room with his friends. Calfee and Heckman. General Walker went to the St. Lawrence hotel, where It was found that he had been shot twice, once in the right shoulder and once lu the breast. DR. VIRGIL A. HOOK, rtlca, N. Y.. Oct. Jl.—First Scrgcaut William F. Gormlcy of this city and Private George Tcaohoat of Sfiuquoit. near here, were members of Company K, Xlutli infantry, killed in the engagement on the Caudara river, in the Philippines, on the lt)tli Inst. "I Love Thy Kingdom, Lot#," written by the Rev. Timothy Dwight, president of Yale college from 170.rD to 1817. Then was sung the doxology, and the benediction was pronounced by the Rev. Timothy Dwight, president of the university from 1880 to 1809. PRES'T ATLANTIC SCHOOL OF OSTEOPATHY. Rooms 29-31 Miner's Bank building. Corporal Clarence M. Matthews of Waterville, who is a member of Company H, Ninth regiment, nearly met with a horrible death through the diabolical Ingenuity of the Filipinos. He was doing scout duty at the bead of a small command and fell into a Filipino spear pit, which is a hole twelve or fifteen feet deep, with a number of sharp poiuted stakes- about two 'feet long sticking up straight from the bottom. Matthews struck on his side and was frightfully wounded.  The bullet which struck General Walker was fired by G. E. Davis. Rhea's secretary. Both men recovered, and General Walker was tried in July. 1809, in Richmond, Va., and the Jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Drank Carbolic Acid. People's Phore 5099 ( Bine Prlntlu# ana Old Phone ISM \ Drafting a Specialty. Benjamin A. Crowiher, GILROV, Call Calne a Candidate. Buffalo, Oct. 21.—Gustavo Beck, flf ty-two years old. quarreled with lilt wife Iwcause she had not hung curtain* on the kitchen windows. He became violent and attacked her. She succeed ed in getting away from him, and Beck then drank nearly two ounces of car bolic acid, dying in great agony. Sunk In a For. ARCHITECT 55% London, Oct. 21.—'Hall Caiiie has consented to become a candidate for the Mens (Isle of Man) parliament In be half of the town of Ramsay. Ills opponent Is a local lawyer. Mr. Cable's address has created consternation even among his own supporters, for he ad vocates sweeping changes that might well be planks in a national platform of some great reform party. Detroit, Mich., Oct. 21.—The passenger steamer C'lty of Cleveland ran on a rock yesterday morning iu a heavy fog Just east of Ballard's reef and stove a large hole In her bottom amidship. The steamer gradually filled until she rested on the bottom, with her main deck above water. The forty passengers were transferred to the steamer Newsboy and proceeded to Detroit. &rTtte TaUor. French Strike Still t'nnettled. BOARD OF TRADE BUIL,9IN0. Reg. Patent Attorned. Plansjprepaml. Pari#, Oct. 21. —Two meetings of the delegates of the Miners' federation were held yesterday at St. Etieuue without any decision being reached upon the •picstion of the threatened strike. An Uher meeting will be held today. I)ispatches from Monceaux-les-Mines say • hat, while the place Is outwardly quiet, the feeling is such that a very slight In- Secretary Hoot Mnch Better, FLORAL DESIGNS anrf CUT FLOWERS Arranged approf rUte for (1m nnmtkvn Prices always the Lowest. 'Phone orders promptly attfJai to. Choloe Rosss Always la Steak. . Order* left with the MImbs BaU Water St.. will receive prompt J.B.CARPEIITER.fioriit and lAsstau. Utica, N. Y., Oct. 21.—Secretary of War Root came down from the Adlrondacks and spent Sunday in Clluton with his son, a student at Hamilton college, and his brother. Professor Orin Root of the college faculty. The secretary Is much Improved In health and spirits. Marqals Ito In Washington, MONEY. Washington, Oct. 21.—Marquis Ito the Japauese statesman, has arrived here. He was met at the railroad sta tion by the Japanese minister. Mr. Ta kahira. and the entire legation stall and escorted to the Arlington hotel, where he will remain during hia stay in this city. Draft lied to Denth by at Cow, Lamp Foundry Falls. I have money In mortgagee for any amount Mortgagee may stand for a term of years and only the Interest be paid, or will give the privilege to make payments on mortgage monthly quarterly, semi-annually or annuaHy, and the interest will cease immediately on every dollar of principal thus unpaid. This is not bnlldlng association money. I bundle only private funds and trust funds. •drill would bo likely to load to an out iirak of violent'!* amoug tlie miners. Plattsburg. N. Y.. Oct. 21.—John Ton hey, a lad adapted from tlie Catholic protectory in New York city by James Touliey. a farmer living near here, was killed by a fractious colt. Instead of h ading the animal by the halter he tied the rope around his own body. The rclt ran away, dragging the boy over a field and a stone wall. Being missed by the family, search was made and the lad's crushed body found still tied to tin* colt. Now Haven, Coiili,, Oct. 21.—President Roosevelt will not make any chnugtwJn his policy of meeting on friendly terms colored lenders. He will sit 011 tlie same platform here on next Wednesday morning with Booker T. Washington, who dined with the president in tlie White House Inst week. x Roosevelt's Purpose. Trenton, N. J.. Oet. 21.—The Trenton Lamp company has made an assignment to Hugh H. Hamlll of the Trenton Trust and Safe Deposit company. The assets are estimated at $137,000 nnd the liabilities at $247,059. The estate of Samuel K. Wilson is the principal creditor, having claims aggregating $247,059. MANDARINS EXECUTED. '.lie chief element of danger is the pos •hie action of some 12,000 men whom lie mining company refused to re-en* .;ige after the last strike. May Extend Civil Service, Fifty-six Suffer the Extreme Penalty Washington, Oet. 21.—It is probable that In the coming winter the president will issue an order extending the civil service regulations to the rural free delivery service. Since the establishment of this service it has been expected that such action would !De taken. Zt£ Griffin Studio IT* INAWNU. Tacoma, Wash., Oct. 21.—Oriental advices state that governors, judges aud high military officers are included among the eighty high officials who are ordered beheaded or banished by the imperial Chinese edict for participating in the Boxer massacres last year. This edict deals exclusively with mandarins of all classes connected with the Boxers. It recites that fiftysix mandarins have already suffered the extreme penalty for their mis for Boxer Outrages. OS fo Cuba. Mutrretta Snlla Tomorrow. Fan Francisco, Oct. 21.—Thad S. Rliarret is. wl:o Ins been appointed by President Roosevelt as the representative Philadelphia, Oct. 21.—The Chilean corvet General Baquedono, which for a week has been at anchor In the Delaware, has steamed down the river on her way to Havana and Santiago, Cuba. Commander Gonzales said he was delighted with his visit to the United States. D. E. BAXTER. 2d Floor Bennet Bide.. Wllkesbarre. Wllkmmbarrm, ft. St. John's, N. F„ Oct. 21.—The New foundlnnd cabinet will meet today to take with Regard to relieving Newfoundland peoSfF who Buffered loss in the great tire al Sydney, C. B., Saturday.Relief For Sydney Sufferer*. John Ball Gobbles Phosphate Island, Buffalo. Oct. 21. — John Sondberg, thirteen years old. and Joseph Stack, six years did, were killed on the Lehigh Valley tracks near Smith street. They were playing on the tracks when a yard engine ran them down. The bodies were bndly mangled. Gronnd I'p on the Railroad. % PEOPLE'S 'PHONE 3SD, SIIDTN ■ All IT. •f this government on tlie commission "hat will undertake the revision of the Pan-Anterlrnn fonsrrai Tomorrow London, Oct. 21.—"The British cruiser Pylades reports," says a dispatch to The Daily Mail from Sydney, N. W., "that she has annexed Ocean Island, west of the Gilbert islands. The Island, which has hitherto been a British protectorate, is rich in phosphates." C'hlncst tariff, has arrived here on his way to China and will sail on the America Main tomorrow. He expects ro go straight to Poking, where he will present his credentials, and will then ie!urn to Shanghai, where the tariff Mimnisslou will hold its sessions. Ho expects to remain In China on government business several months. City of Mexico, Oct. 21.—The pan American congress will meet formally tomorrow at 4 p. in. The same night all the delegates and their families will be assembled at the presidential apart ments at the national pnlaee to witness fireworks and illuminations and to lis ten to a serenade by the military bands. Two rooms have been set apart in the palace aud hundsoiuely furnished foi the use of tlie bureau of American rentiMIno Chicago, Ocf. 21.—Bishop Potter of New York arrived here early yesterday from the triennial Episcopal convention at San Francisco. He preached at Grace church at the moritlng service to an immense congregation. He will at tend the bicentennial celebration at Vale. Bishop Potter Will Be at Vale. Annual Missionary Convention. tylish and Serviceable Sui'ta and deeds. Chicago, Oct. 21.—The fifty-fifth annual meeting of the American Missionary association will begin tomorrow in the First Congregational church at Oak Park. Last Day In Canada. INSANE CONVICTS ESCAPE Ithacn, N. Y.. Oct. 21.—Professor J?mith has aImo*t recovered from his severe attack of bronchitis, and if nothing unforeseen happens he will be able to start toward his home in Toronto tonight.Goldnln Smith Golnn; Home. party has spout its last day in Canada. This morning they left on the Ophir for St. John's, N. F. The original programme there has been greatly curtailed owing to the pressure of the duke's engagements in Iingland. Halifax —The royal Two Rascals Saw Their Way Out of Matteawan, N. Y.. Oct. 21.—Charles Marino and Frank Hand, prisoners in the Matteawan State Hospital for the Insane, escaped this morning by saw- Matteawan Hospital. Middlesboro, Ky.. Oct. 21.—(Jeorge Gray has been arrested as principal and tieorge Eaton as an accomplice in the Robber Confeaaea. Gold Mining Operators. Koand Dead C'lmplnln Charlotte, N. C., Oct. 21.-E. C. B. Ilambley, superintendent of the Whitney Reduction works at Gold Hill, this state, Is having a house built for the accommodation of the eighty capitalists, mainly from Pittsburg and New York, who will be liis guests at a house party to begin Nov. 2. In addition to gold mining operations the company will develop the water power at the falls of the Yadkiu river. Lnndy Lane Heroes Rehnrled. Niagara Falls. Ont., Oct. 21.—The bodies of nine American soldiers who were killed in the battle of Lundy's Lane have been reburled near the spot where tliej* fell In the bloody strife nearly a.hundred years ago. The bodies were discovered several months ago and were identified, by means of buttons and aecouterments as those of members of the Ninth United States Infantry.\ Overcoato | MEN'S SUITS $5 to ISO If ' S TT W \ I 1 MEN'S OVERCOATS $5 to 120 £ \ V(\\ ' IN THEIR TEEN8-" tb»» age; bov, If; - J JLUv/J .7 V fijgjk I / are hard to lit. »»t many atorea Unlike I I I i . . men, not any two boya of the aamo age \ , \Ji \Jf \ A J_/ / f Yf I f . . and height are nearly the same build. JV- IT r, \ C // TTTTT I I • . We prepared for that. Our stock of I L j II ]H\^ • A»D YOUTHS18UIT8 AND OVER; £ / I I A f 1 In •' COA18 »re made of so innuy alzea th»t jf / V « j|| I 1 1^ • we cau fit anyone. Boys'good aervlc»»a- I n fv_ 1  ■ • ble auit $i si5. Boya' all wool aulta D2 40. rf JA oca |i \ \ • D The latent green atripo $3 48 KNEE AC Vk • PANTS,tho largest stock to select from. '• All wool, double knee and seat, pants 60c J?- \n  ffi.Oppenheimer " _  Corner Main and William ~t, Plttstou V/ie Zfte/t'ab(o CiotAmr, -hooting and robbery of P. T. Colgan. paymaster of the Virginia Coal and Coke company, at Mhldlesboro. Colgaif was robbed while on his way to thr furnaces from the Manufacturers' bank last Thursday. Eaton made a eonfes•dou. implicating three other men and a woman. The woman has fled Into liar- St. John's, N. Oct. 21.—The body of the Uov. Henry Black, chaplain of the British second class cruiser Cbarybdls, who mysteriously disappeared from St. John's last Wednesday, was found near here, shot through the head. He had evidently committed suicide In consequence of dementia. Kaiser ("onflsrates n Paper. Jollet Steel Mill Starts Up. ing through the bars in a window iii the infirmary attached to the asylum. The men had been gone several hours before their escape had been discovered. Marino was serving a thirty-year sentence for murderous assault and Hfnd 'was serving a fifteen-year sen tencc for burglary. Berlin, Oct. 21.—The current issue of Slmplicisslmus, the comic paper, was confiscated at Breslau for an offensive •artoon directed against Emperor Wil-9am.Jollet,. 111.. Oct. 21.—The Merchant mill, the last of the departments of the Illinois Steel company to resume since the settlement of the steel strike, Started up today with about 200 men. What's Your Face Worth? n county with tlie money Pervitin l*iirlliitm-nt Opened, Sometimes a fortune, but never, if you have sallow complexion, a jaundiced look, moth patches and blotches on the skin—all aigns of Liver Trouble. But Dr. King's New Live Pills give clear skin, rosy cheeks, rich complexion. Only 25 cents at W. C. Price's and J. H. Houck's, 4 N. Main St. and West End, Pittston, Pa., and G. D. Streh, West Pittston. Pa. . Lewis Ockerman, Goshen, Ind: "De- Witt's Little Early Risers never bend me double like other pills, but do their work thoroughly and make me feel like a boy." Certain, thorough, gentle. For sale by Farrer, Peck & Roberts, Pittston and West Pittston. BOER LEADERS BANISHED. Monuments and Corner Po»tc, nagging and Curing. F. W. Stegeman. 236 Wyo. Ave., W. Pittston. tf Belgrade, Oct. 21.—King Alexander yesterday opened the new skupslitinu. lie pledged himself to uphold tlie new constitution, expressed gratiIleation at friendly relations maintained by Servla with foreign states and emphasized Servla's "traditional policy of securing the friendship and confidence of Ruspla."Sternberg Visits Mrs. McKlnley. The Homllest Man In Plttaton As well as the handsomest and others are invited to call on any druggist and get free a bottle of Kemp's Balsam for the throat and lungs, a remedy that Is guaranteed to cure and relieve all .chronic and acute coughs, asthma, bronchitis, and consump- Twelve More to Go, Among Them Commandant Scheepers. Pretoria, Oct. 21.—Twelve more Boer leaders, among them Commander Scheepers, have been sentenced to permanent banishment from South Africa. Canton, O.. Oct. 21.—Surgeon General Sternberg of Washington was a guest at the McKinley home Sunday. It is given out that he stopped here merely as an old friend of the family to make a social call on Mrs. McKintey.While the Fall Houcecleaning 1-1 being done, why not get the furniture "repaired or revarnished. See Dunn, 60 S. Main. McDonnell & Dobbie, S. Main St. Fine Good»- Prompt Delivery,