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THE  WT.ATHEK
FAIR   srNPAV    \M>   MOND.\T. LIl.HT T(» .'»!<M>i;i:\TK WKST
n) \«)RTH\vi;>'r xmxds
WILKES-BARRE. PA., SUNDAY, JULY 20, 1^13.
PRICE FIVE CEiNTS
"SLASHER" OPERATED
CENTRAL YARDS
RROWLY AV
Italian Set Upon and Badly Wounded
Six Openings Made With Knife. .  May   Prove Another Murde r
STAGGERED INTO POUCE STATION
Rushed To City Hospital In RAnDOAnFR^s Patrol-Fear Internal      J^^'^RUflUERJ
GIVEN SCARE
Injuries
.4.n unidentified "slasher" operated. !r. th? lieart of the city at 1 o'clock this (Sunday! mornin? and a.« a re¬ sult .\nge!o W'anero. is al the rity hospital in a critical rondition. from stab wounds. Police oTiiers are s»<>rchin2 the \iciniiy of the Central yard where th-> ai^saiilt took p'.ace and all suspicious characters are be- injr closely questioned, as thoy fear another murder will he added to the criminal  list   cf the  county
.\t least six stah wounds were in¬ flicted by the infuriate;! "slasher." Four are about tb? fact of the \i;.t!m whose residence could not he ascer¬ tained, cne ov.'r the left eye: but the one that may prove fatal, is on the small of the back. It extends about eieht inches, across the enti-e I ' l)ack anil  i^• quite deop.
¦Wound  Blr,i Kroe'y.
It was from this opening that the hired flowed in such niiantities as to
Feared Their Family Passes
Would Be Lost Under
Utility Act Now In
Hands Of Governor
(Spd'ini to  Inclepoiident.)
Harrisburg,     July     19.—With general   appropriation   bill  out   of way and his mind made up as to vari¬ ous other  appropriation measures left i in  his hands  hy   the legislature.  r;o\ - ] ernor Tener announced  today  that  he i will   at   once   take   up   the   big   public utility   bill,    possibly   the    most   im¬ portant   and   far   reaching    piece    of legislation  enacted  during  the session ; ju t closed.    The bill was one of  the governor's pet  measures and  it Is as-
nike  hope  of  recoverv  almost   futile, j ^^^ed   that   he   will   si?n   it.   prob.U.lv When Wanero reacl-..^d the police sta-| ,„„,p   ,i^,^.   ^^^j^g   ,^^   ^^^j^. ^^
tirn he w:;.'; stassering w:th weakness* , from  loss  of   hjcod.       He   wps  rushed L^ to  thf   patrol   and   a   hurry'up   trip made  to the  hospital  where  nt  press; time   th»   ph.\ sicians   wtc   ;;ti!l   oper- I ntiji^.     Tt   is  feared   that   th-'  wound I in thp ^ack  T<hic)T ble<i   so  freei>   at 'r.st  wa?   bl'edinc   internally   ns   the few   had been '¦hecU-ed s"d''?n!y. .^-'-arUant  T'nkTiown.
Tht vjotir'i,  xvho  is an   It.ilian.  cnuld mt  tsik.- Enelish    ver\    fluently   and t*>h "^i^fi ri> hi? ^^'>3l^rn'¦d Tnd d^y.'^d eMltHtin   made   it   diWoi'lt   to   secure "xr   'tifnrm-itim.        Krom     th»     story toUf v-y hinr it   is  3ath'»r=d  t'lnt   n-"oi!e h9bi''Tx-ar.-l    bound    he   turned       aside flTT"   Ea.-t   .MarVt-t street  to ;he vards of the r-;i!ri-ad.      Tt  was  while  in  this Kctirn t'nat thp "slasher" stole uo  rm him unawares and  while h*- wa= in a ."tcnDine position,  drove  the knif^' in- tr> his hack  ;'nd  hacked awaw      Then ,the att.jck  wi<= ren"w-'d  and  the  oth¬ er minor —"und^ inflb-tod
P>'!co MaUo <^^i"h.
pari
the coming  week.
With  the approval   of this  mea.-^ure
it  is   understood   Go\ ernor  Tener  will | me  the  se\en  members  who are  to
c  netitute the commission. The maks- I up of  the uew  body is mere conjee- t I ture  at   this  time,   not   even   the   gov- 1 ernor having settled  'n   his  mind   the ] full    number    to    be    chosen.      It   is j ! known,    however,   that    he   haa    heen '
giving  the   preference  in   his  consid-
eration to successful busineae men . rather than to either lawyers or men 1 prominent   in   politics.
llaTiroafleTs iscared. ; The railroad employes had a friKht i nf brief duration yesterday when it ; became rumored that the n^w bill j would forbid the granting of free . pai-iies tn the families of railroad I workers. This was caused by the ! fact that the bill specifically permits i the 'u>.sue of passes or low rate t'ck- i et.? t" employes but niake^ no nicn- 1 tion    of   families.      However,   lawyers
Union Officials AroH.sed At Report That Railroad Headf> Opposed Approval Of Commissioner-Prepar¬ ed To Issue S frike Order
  ¦¦   I
TEMPORARY   TRUCE    NOW    IN    EVIDENCE
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:»r, '.viiich is carrying fhe Borup Mem- im p hich point a dash will he made Cr -.lier   lyand,   and   Donald   B.   Mac-
i  I   his  caner  as  a  college   professor
,. . : ics.
SIGHT RESTORED; FOR RRST TIME; HALF A CENIURY
(TiilofiTsph to  IndeprTideiit.)
[      ("TiicTKo.  .Tu'y   K'.     .\  modern mira-
I Pie occurred  today at  Hillpdale.  Mich.
Por   the   first   lime   in   her   life,   llrs.
Mary J. VV^lsh saw her eight children
and four grandchildren.    The mira<le
jir. tc
Ul'
¦•¦t forced, to support the rapidly in- . .sing  family   by   taking  in   wash- So   for  fifty   years   the   woman 1 along in darkness having given all    hope    of    ever   seeing  again.
¦""hi'? House s:ergt. Baite.c qni Pa- ' ^^>' '*'^s clause may be con.strued tu tfA nri'-er f'rodh«'.''d rushed \v mp'o ; rnean the dependents of employes. fn the hospital others took up th«» which would include families. At al) r-nrt-t fr^r tbe a.c.sailant. .\s stated f^'^nts the point is covered in that "'ev h;.\ e heen unsuccessful at the ; -section of the bill which .«rtates that tin*" of going to press. The \iotim ; "" provisIc)n of the bill is to he con* hinisrlf states thai he is im^ih:,' to i ^dered tn conflict with Inter-statei slve them anv idea of who the man ! commerce regulationp, ?.n<l the inter- .»"i= Reports from the hognital at j =tdtf commerce law permits the grant- S;4o  wrre   to  thp   eTT'.ci   that   th"   r>a- i ''^S   of  passes   to   emplnies  and   their
fleet wr.s r>=sting comfortably hut that : families.
he ^'?..: V.y no meanp out   of dancr.
(Continue,!  on  page   10)
COMPANY £. WON JUNIOR TROPHY IN RIFLE MATCH; LOCAL MAN GOT MEDAL
1.1 desc-lbed at the Wesley hospital asl'W'n^c washing .Mrs.- Walsh would a 'simple npenition." hut it was none ! pl ce oae of her children by her to the If«s wonderful to the woman and ' tei her when the clothes were clean, her family who spent the happiest : A short time ago it was suggested day of  their lives. to  Mrs.  Welsh that the lack of money
(•"ifty years ago, when Mrs. Wel.sh sh u^:d not stop ihe operation and she was Ifi years old, her eye.sight faiU'd ¦ camr to the Westley hospiUl in Chi- and she became blind. Later, after ^ caso There she was examined by a ."he had married, she consulted phj-si-i Chicigo oculist, who said he could cians and was told that for $.10n she,'reU're the .sight by an operation, could be operated tipon and her eye-: After hearing .Mrs. Welsh's story, he sight restored. The necessary $S''0 ' agvf'd to operate without compensa- mizht   as   well    have   been   j;!.000,000   ticn      The   operation   took   piace   two
WC'
ft." the family was in  reduced circum
st.ances.    The husband  became an in-^ret ined   to   her   home
A-alid   and   Mr.--.   W^lsh.   though   blind, ' fu'>   retstored.
:.s ago and  yesterday Mrs.  Welsh her  eyesight
'MONKEYED'WITH MPSEHLERS
Comi.,iny t, Oth iJcgimcnt, .S. G. V.. '''- thi; c;ty. proved a real surprise l-hckig,; ye.-ti rda\ afternoon at the • S'lgar Notch rifle range, when Ihey ^'011 the junior troph> and started a new round of competition for the fup dorated by the Armory Associa¬ tion. Tc hold thi.-! trophy the com- lany niusi prove the best at mark- raanship for tiirce successive year.,. *^"«i year Company H, nf Pittston, took lhe prize itnd was lonk«-d upon '" rc|.<;Kt  th:s year.
SKirmish fire  44,  total  73.
..<.i^i,      Atiip.     surpri.-c bkiniibih fire, SU, lol;-.l  115.
fire   35,
fire     29,
.Serg;.     Kresgf.    surpris' tkirmish  fire,   59,   total   88. j
Coliif'riny A, tol,T.l .'!I;5. Team mem- I bers. Lieut. Wayne T. Jame.-, 73; I Harold James, 90; Sergeant Pa mer, ! :1;   Sergl.   Cropii,   iS. j
Hcadiiuarters.     total     302        Team ' mtmbeti;, Col.    Ke\-nolds,    49;    Miyor I Marve>.    94;      Capt.      D\mond.    ll'O;
In the .Senior tcaifS match  the hon- i ^'^^^- ^^^^^ "^¦ 'irs   w.re   carried   off   by   the   PitLs-        t-'orni.any F. total  19-'.    Team mem- lun con.puny and   in   thP free  for all    "'"^' ^'"^'''' Peterman, h^S; Sergt. Bra- corp;-.     Higgs,    of   Company    H,   this I'""¦•   *''•   Pr'^-^"^*'   Hummell,   4-   I'ro- '-¦^y.   tr,,k   the    honor.*.     The   m. dal ' ' ^'*' ''^^^*''  '''•
"r  ih-  latter   was   held   last  vear  bv 1      <^ ompany      K.      total      I'iS.     Team '-'*ui- t'lydei. „f Company m' ' j .ncmbcr.s   Scrgt.    Branch,   .31;    Kvrgt.
Owing to the  large  numl>er of en-| ^Jecker. -2;  Private Deutsch,  52;  Pri- ;"¦'«« in  the  various   matches  of  ves-I''''*''   ^"''•''   *'"• t'lday.  sevc-rjl   of  the  others   i'or" of-' M-oom! .Match.
"Ctr.  and   privati.s   have   been   post-i      •^""¦"'"   tro),hy,    priw   cup   donated Poned     These Tvi 11 be conducted  ne.\t' '^^*'   ^^'    Arory   Association    contested *''>turdaj aftern.,-.n at the dame range. :^'"'   5'*'«'"'V.   and   team     in     order   to The Scoi-es—1.^« .>Iatch. i
¦Senor 1
DARING DASH OVER FROZEN SEAJF NORTH
Mysterious Crocker Land Is
Goal Of Weil Equipped
Expedition That Will
Soon Start Out
(Cable  to  Intk-pemleiit)
Sydney.  .V. .s..   .July     19.—When  the
little   whaler   '-Diana"   1-ift   this     port
for   Flagler     Bay,   with     the      Borup
Memorial   Kxiiedition  to Crocker Land
on   board,   the   exploration   party   bid
farewiell   to   tho   haunt.s   of   lhe   while
man    for   tW(j   years.     The   next   stop
of the hardy ves.sel  will   be  Eiah,  the
Esquimaux  colony,   where  a   party  of
natives   will   be   taken   in   board "and
thie   ship   will   then   proceed   into   the
Kane  Basin  and  hcadtiuarters wll!  be
established in the westerly end of the' animal was turned into a raging beast
basin   at   what   is   known   as   Klagler I ""''   '*^''   desired   yell   was   not   alone   Ja-i^an, rumors were circulated  during
Bay.     Here   tV^  supplies   will   bp   un-1 Produced   from   that  .source  but   I-Yed   ^^^   ^.^^y  „f  ^„  arrangement  to  grant
W orden.  of  42   Rector lane,  joined in
the outburst. The boy. who is hut sp-"^al conce.ssions of 50,000 prospect- 14 years of ^ge. had good reason for ivi .Japanese settlers m .Morelos and tho enraged monkey sank Its sharp neU'^boring states. The minister of eels into his arm and leg before the ooio..ization and industry was quoted nwncr. Ralph (Iregory, an or.gan ; as giving details of concessions grant- gr:ndtr tnan. could drag it off. ; ed  iU   the special   request   of the  mi-
.Vi-cording   to  the  story  told  of the   ka.io .'iffair  the organ  was .grinding out  an:      j.;.  x.   Brown,  president   of the Na- ancient  lune,   when  the  children took : tio.'i;;!   Kailway   lines,   left   Vera   Cruz a  fancN  lo have some fun v\-ith the lit- ' to'iay for New York. tie mnnkey.    They pulled  its hair and i;;iy   is   reported   fo   have   recalled
uveked ils ears and when it good naturedly grinned back one of the more venturesome deckled that there must be some real action. Ue ac- cnrdingly stamped on the tail as it draiiged aiong the sidNwa'.k. and for a  few  minutes  there   was  real  action
((TELEGRAPH TO INDEPENDENT.)
New York. July 19.—The 8J.0W  cnnduclni-s   aud  trainiora  o:
tlip eastern railroads won the fjrst skirmish  in their  fisrht  for
20 ppv eeiit. increase in wasos fn-day  when   the    senate    cnnnrm-^
ed the apprtintinent nf W.  Lea I'hanilnrs   and   C.   W.   Hansar   a^
commissioners of  mediation  under the .\ewlands law. <
Pearly in the day the union  leaders   learned   that   the   CiinfeiVj
enee eommittfe comprising lhe railroad   managers,   was   exertingj
e\ery  infiueiice  to oppose  the confirmation   of   Mr.     fTiamhers^^
This caused intense feeling and for several  hours it   was  believed^
thai an order would lie issued Iiefore night directing the men ta^
walk out. ts
TEMPORARY TRUCE DECLARED. i
Out   of the  situation  developed   a   temporary   tniee.     hrongh'flj
about by a telegram telling of the confirmation of the commJssio:
ers appointed liy I'resident  Wil.son.    It was immediately arrangei
that a meeting of the mediators be held tomorrow at the Manha
tan Hotel, at which the first negogiations looking toward arhitri
tion would he taken up.      This does not mean that the threatens
strike has been averted.    A peaceful settlement of the controveri
depends entirely upon whether the   government's   mediators    canl
bring both sides together in an agreement   as  Jto   what   questionft
shall be arbitrated at this time. ^
WILL SUBMIT WAGES ONLY. •
The union  leaders.  .Me.ssrs. Garretson and Lee maintained thn
tliey will agree only to arbitrate  the  wage question  at   this  tini«i|
In this stand tiiey will have the full  support of the men  who hav>9
already voted to strike if their demands are finally ignored.
On the other hand the railroad officials have specified eigMS separate grievances against the unions whicb they insist be takeit up at this time. !^eth Low. President of the National Civic fed* eration after a conference with the managers' committee failed iit an effort to change their attitude.
STRIKE WILL SUREIY FOLLOW
Leaders Garretson and  Lee assert that a strike will^ surely fol*
low if the government mediators are not successful in inducing?
the railroad managers to live upto the understanding by which thflf
original   agreement   V^   arbitrate only a wage increase was reach.*
ed.    It could not be learned tonight whether the board of medi-)
ation 'will  confer  first with  the railroad heads, or the union lead-^
ers.    It is believed this phase of   the   r|UPstion   will   last   several
da.Ts. -'
J. C. Stewart. Vi-e President of  the   Erie   railroad     returne^j
from Chicago during the day an    d   made   this   .statement:   "OiUS
men know we are no longer represented in the conferenc commilN
tee of the managers and any grievances they shall have shall b«
presented to the proper officers of the railroad.   T have not had
any request  from themenfor either increased  wages  or  changed]
working conditions.      When f do  receive such  rerpiest  they -mm
receive the fullest attention.
"T cannot believe it. possible that the conductors and trainmeor on the Erie would take any drastic action against the company b©* fore coming to me to talk the matter over."
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THE PET MONKEY
When   onq  of a   group   of  children i stepped upon the tail of a pet inonkey on   South   .Main  street   last   night,  the
FOR MEXICANS
jTelcsraph  to Independent.) i
^ .-xico City. July ]9.—In conneo-l tion with th^ departure tonight of! Fe'ix Diaz as special commissioner to
PITSTTON SOCIETY HELD THIRD WELSH DAY OUTING
Rhondda Valley Chorus, National Prize Winners, Entertain Large Crowd-Congr egational Singing-— Results Of Games And Races
loaded  :!nd   winter iiuart-Ts  establish-
' od. Should no mishaps (..jcur. \his w-ork .-^houlf] oe accumplished ^ome {time in .Vugi:.-t or Seplemiier. %hien jth-» Diana will return to this ptrt, 'leaving the small hand of intrepid ex¬ plorers and their I-'sfiuim.TU.x friends land companions r.n their own nc- I sources.
! Thp chief object of the expedition lis to e.\pliir.> ;tn unknown land or 1 chain of islands first sighted hy I'enry jin 1901). .-kguin in F.iQK l>cMry had another W'W of Ihis land loii was unable to set foot upon it. i^o far as Is known, no m;in. sit loasi no white man. hav, .'v^r \-isit>^^^ this m.^sterious place. Haul oul >()ur latest m'.ii of the arctii- regiims. Tn ahout longi¬ tude T.'i. latiiudf^ 79 y(>'.i wil! find the Kane Rasin and l-'iAcIer l!;i\ the winter quartenv of the party. Trace i \our way along tlie Tltlh degree of' latitude through the water passage ivhich sep;ir:',tes Kllsmere land from Grinnol L«'ind until you reaeh S6th Iringitudi' meridian. Here turn north in the channel which M-'])arates .\xel- Heigc.rg l>and on the west. from King Osc.-ir  Lanj and (iranl   l/aud  on
lie-   minister here.
in that vicinity.
am niat( il, f<iur ofr'ioers or) ^ tn from each company and head-. :Jarten^ who .attended pre\-i<.up en- i '^'Jn-pnciii.
i'cld   must   win   in     three     successive j the   east,   gr.idually     pushing  lo     the years       He-d   for   la.-l   year   by  Com-i northwest   until   you  reach  lh>  north-
P'''-e trophy donat-
'¦'• C. Durt.-.
Win;x.r_ Companv "tal  score,   :i69.
Team   Capl   Winters '»^ sk-tniish  fire   .^.5 _^eut.  Snyder.
1 l-'v former Col.
p.in\-   -M.     This  year  captured   hy  Co. If-rn   most   lip   of   .\xeI-Heigerg   Land ^ known   as   Cape     Tlirunai--     ITubliard.
(;orni>any      K.      dinner,      total   2fi,T   aUirhtlv    above   Ih 'i'eam   members   same   as   above   with I in   lon?itud,.   ti2,.
U.S. GRANT JR. Has NEW WIFE
Deny  Jap   Story.
; !.;tredo, Te.\.. July 19.—In n- tele- , gr : ni received here today in response r lo t!> inquiry regarding his m'-ssion to j .ra; i'.n. Gen. Felix Diaz Siiys: ".\ccept I mir sion to Japan solely and exclusive. 1 ly (. «i>e thanks for the embassy of I th ,t government to our recent centen- ' ni:;i. .\ny olher moii\e is unfounded an-' entirely false.' '
('l'<'l»>graph   to   IndriMMitlcnl.)
.San    I)ieg:i.    Ca!..    Ji;l>     19-   llvs^es
Simp.'-on (Jrant.  Jr.. and  .Mrs.  .Vmenca
Workman Will were iT^irriiod by Judge
Georce   Tutli'rh.-iugh.   Saturday   even-
sist   paialle!   and ling,    ..luly    12.       The   (cremony   tool;
This   is   really   the   piece -it  lh'>  home of the  polic court
H,  Pittston, wilh
surprise total  f<?,. -¦urpnse     fhe
fire
J9,
th'j e.xn ption  that  Corporal   Kichard-j lumping off plac-,-  of  .\orth  .Vnirtrica. j judgi->   entinely   without   premeditation M'n    replaced   Sergl.   Becker.     .Scores   This   is   the   point   from   which   Peary  on  th-  pari of either party, as  fol'i'ws:     Branch.   76;   Rlehards<m.   saw   Crocker   Land      in   the     distant'      1-Yicnds and  relatives  of  Mr. (5rant ^'.^:   D(Lt.*ch,   72;   Case,   79. inorthwest.     Ft  is from  this point   that { have   b,>en   iutter   in   their   opposition
''ompany    F,    total      27.">.        Team ithe present c.\-periition will set out for; to this hi.< .second marriage and plead jnimhds.    Sergt.    Brader.    7t'i;    Sergl. | ;-'l eck.   (iR;   Lieut,   Peterman.   SI;   Cor- i
X  23,  wishes to cor-
n,A«.   . '"^"""^"""y-     Addle--*   -Matri- ^!^^;__f21_^_Indep-Md..n,   nffic.-.
¦"Ol: S.M.K-Ten «ith
utes'
furnished    i-ooins exlension of lea.se. three min ^        ^;.!k   from   .Square;   will  sell
al 126   N.
i;oial Wagner, 52.
Company K. total nlemip^rs, Ijeut. Smith. \r,ss.    7.=,:    <:'apl.t   Zierdt
l-jur.   ."fi.
Conip.Tnj-    M.    total n.. mi.".-)-.'-, Ser Goodrich,    .¦..".;    Private Pruat--   .-^iiiitlj.  ti7. 'fVmtli
thp un?\plored  regifm.    Crocker L/and j ed In \"ain for him  not  t.i wed  again, may   he  just  a   few   is'ands  or it   may; iiis grown .son. Charlie, and  his three
j be  a   huge   urctiv-   continent.     That   is i daughters aiisolutely  refuse  to  rec(>g-
Te.Lmlwhal   Ur.   Donal.j   .Mac.Millan   and   his   nize  their new "mother."     In  retalia-
Sergt. I parly  are  going  to   lind   out. | tion  Mr.  (irant  has threatened  to i-ut
.Serg. 1      As a scientific expedition this party j them   off   in   his   wiil.     The   children
'is   prohabU    much    better      equipped ! f^.>y thc^- stand  firm.
Team; than  any other arctic party has been, j      The   couple   p'.nns   'o  t.ikc    a     trip
t. Iluthmaker. OG; corp. i Included in their equipment  isa com-1 •'"¦'"'un'I  th*-  world  and   wil!  he absent
Patif-ncc,   73; I plete   wireli-ss  outfit,   whioh     wil!     hrtj;il)o;il a ve;>r and a half.    .Mrs. Grant's
i erected   .nt     he   winter      quart'-rs     .-it i en'-'agement    ring    was    a     handaftme
1 fConfiiino,!  on  paST  tO) isi!ita:rc   ;-lng  of  4
:C3. (),'.; «4;
:.9.
RACE PLAYERS CAUGHT IN BARN
•(ToJograpli  t4>  ltiik"|x*n<lent,.)
N< w ¦^¦ork. July rj.- Three hun- dr< 1 men engaged in playing the ra -.. were irapped thi.*- afternoon in; a ; ;e iiarn adjacent to the Belmont j ra- > track in a raid made under the | dii i-.ion of District .\tlorne>; Charles' .v.   V^ ysong.  of Nassau  count>.
i.: eing charts, a telephor^v, play- inc- ards, a roulette table a-'jd other ga;.i ling devices were aeueiJ.. Seven m< 11 were arrested. Evidenc.- to fully su '^'antiate the charges of ambling Is  ; liieved   to have been  obtained.
T'nder the direction osf the Pittson Druid Society the first of a series of Welsh day outings was conducted yes¬ terday afternoon and eveni-ng at Val¬ ley \'iew Park. This ie the third an¬ nual event conducted by this society and It proved a success from a social, artistic and  financial standpoint.
At the afternoon sesslotV a program of singing and speech making was varied wilh differeni contests, the re¬ sults of which well he found below. W. B. Evans acted as the conducior of the session. It opened with a se¬ lection by-the Pittston Druid orches¬ tra and the singing of ".My Country Tis of Thee." D. W. Evans president of the 3t>ciety. made a few remarks and was followed by Rev. Teiflon nit-hards, of Scranlon. Other speak¬ ers were Prof. B. K. Thomas, of Key- Hion«- .\cademy; V\'. '>. Griffiths, of iMttslon; Kev. Edwin .-Aubrey, of Ed¬ wardsviile. There was much singing by the audience and Roger Howells, of this city, winner of the baritone solo competition at the Pittsburgh eisteddfod, rendered the prize solo. livening Session.
In the evening Kev. T. C. Edwards (C^nonfardd) who was highly honor¬ ed at the Pittsburgh conlests, acted ;(S the conductor. He had the big crowd in good humor and neatly in¬ troduced the i;hondda Valley male party, winners at Pittsburgh al.so. Solos featured this session, also the follotring singing: Tenor, William James;     baritone,     William     Beynon;
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Three leggen race for meH- and   Jenkins,  Glen   Lyon.
Fat   men's  race,   180   pounds—Cha^ Williams.   192   pounds.   West  Pitston,.:
100   yd.   dash  for   ment   IS   to   25—« John PhillipSv Glen Lyon.
Peanut     scramble.     boys—Hoxrard Houck, West  I'ittston.
Peanut       si-rumble.       girls—FSele^ Hoffsmilh.  Ink.erman.
Nail   driving,   women—Mrs.   SweatM land. West Pittston. i
Shoe   race—Charles   Howell,   Pitt»» ton.
Base     liall     throw,     women—Len^ OpIingeiT   Pittston.
Couple   race—Ben   Armstrong   &q4 .Miss  Morgan.a.   Pittston.
100 jard dash, girLs  14 f/i II. prlz^ jserfumie—Jennie    RobertM
bottle    of Pittston.
HALFMILUON FIRE SWEEPS INDL\NAPOUS
(TpJepraph  to  Indepe^ndent.)
Indianapolis* July 19—t"1re in tM heart of the down town wholesale d!Si» trict. the lo<?s of which will probably reach $500,000 is threatening tei STveep the entire block bounded \3y Pennsj-lvania ao^
lenor.     Ivor    Jenkins;     base,     Josiah j-^faryland,   Georgia Thomas   (national   'winner),   baritone, I-^''=''''<l''tn  street.^. Roger     Howells     (national    winner),!     The   four   story   hrick tenor, Keese Edwards;  Rowley James; I'^'jPi*'''   ^V   ^^''   T>ayman
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Tenor. Rowland Hill. Chorus sing¬ ing by the audience also figured prom¬ inently. .Mr. Jones, of Pittston, gave a reading.
Results  of   iompetition.
Kace for giria S to 12—Helen Hoffsmith, flrst, Inkerman; .'Mildred Wilkes,   second.
Race for hoys S to 12—Fred Clash, first,  I'arsoas.
uiiiding rvm Carey Co, wholesivle hardware dealers is de» ¦^troyed with a loss estimated at b*^ tween $200.()no and $2.i0.00O. Th« fire spread to the buildings adjoining on either side, the flamilton Harris Co., tohacc > wholesalers an^ rhe At¬ las Paper Co. and at midniu'ht tho flames were raging fiercely in both these buildings. The loss in the two latter buildings was estimated at that bou. at, ^«<<LOait