| ESTATE. 257m var ubscriptions for the one; can be sent to it. addresses if de- “ASK ABOUT IT. Moscaw fireaadliers Mutiny and Cossacks Refuse te Move Agninst Them, ~ LONDON, Dec. 18<The Northern Télegraph company Las re-established direct communication with St. Peters burg, and over their wires it is report: od that Count Witte has resigned and that he is to De replaced by General Count Alexis Ignatieff. It is said that Count Witte had no faith fn the policy of Minister of the Interior Durnote sod only consented fo it on the condition that It would be coufined to legal means, It is the ox: pressed opinfou of many Liberals as well as revolutionaries that “with the [first discharge of cannon Coulit ‘Witte will go.” News from the interior of Musala Is very serious. Thé revolt In the Baite has spread southwanl to the province of Kovuo, on the border of Poland, which belonged to the old kingdom of Lithuania. The rebellion In Kursk {a beyond countrol, and the government has information that » big is in course of preparation in the Ural re- glons, Am officer who hag just returned from Manchuria says that a spirit of mutiny prevalls among a large portion of the army and that the prisoners from Js- pan have Leen saturated with revoln- tionary ideas by agitators during thelr captivity and are ripe for open rebel- Hen. An imperial nkase just Issued em- powers all governor generals and mu- nipical authorities in the eveaf of rail way, postal or telegraph communica- tion being iuterferéd with to proclaim & modified martini law. Under the okise military commanders will ag- tomatically become governor generals. A shudder of horror has couvulsed Russias ® The government clalms it bas given battle ouly to the “red” revolu- tionlsts, but the populace getierally be- lleves that the “white terror” has re- turned. All the Tedders of the proleta- riat organization were arrested Sat urday night and are close prisoners. A Moséow ‘dispatch sent through Gerwauy says that the ferment In the Moscow garrison over bad rations and arrested comrades by force, sefzed greonkl with the stores of arms munitions and disposed machine guns before the barracks. The greuadlers instead of the usual order of the day Issued a serles of economic aud political demands, and the command of the regiment was taken over by & committee of twenty elected by the mutineers. The wen of the Astrukban regiment and the Cossacks refused to move against the mutiveers. The colonel of the grenadiers then sent a message to the mutineers of- fering to cousider their proper griev- ances if they would submit them. He bas received no reply. Ouly eight men are working in the telegraph office. The telegrapliers’ con- gress bas aguln resolved to continue the strike. - The telegraph office at Kiev called up Bt. Petersburg and asked whether the minister of the interior, M. Dur 80vo, had been dismissed. Recelving 8 negative reply, the sounder ceased, sad all efforts to call up that city were vain. The same thing happened on the Irkutsk wire. Reports of wutinies in regiments in various parts of Rusala continue to pour in. At Irkutsk practically the entire garrison of 4,000 men and even the officers voted for the Immediate convocstion of a8 coustituent assembly, snd a battery stationed at Serpoukhioy presented a series of pelitical and mili- tary demands. Tried to Save His Friend. LORAIN, 0.,, Dec. 18--Jerry Cronin of Chicago and Peter Heagan of Alle gheny, Pa, firemen of the steamer Princeton, were suffocated to death in ab ore pile at the blast furnace of the National Tube company bere. Reagan proved himself a hero aud lost Lis life trylug to save that of his friend. Merton Appeals to Policy Molders. NEW YOUK, Dec, 185--An a licy holders in all thé slow 16 tend TEE 1 Fidel "BANK ROBBERS GOT #50000. £ i i threatening them with death If they made an outcry. The explosions nec essary to break open the big safe were hedrd by the men In the depot and after the fourth cue the sixth member of the bend left Jones and the boy and Joined his pals, making his escape with the others. Joues' sai was nol tied as securely 28 his father, and after working for fifteen minutes over the kuots In the ropes which strapped him to the chalr he freed himself and later his father. The belated alarm roused scores of citizens, and a rush was made for the bank, as Jones told everybody that the robbers said they were golng to “crick the savings bank safe.” When the reached the bank there were outward evidences of the work of the cracksmen. Windows were broken, and the front door was wrenched off its hinges, crowbars be Ing used. The men worked at the safe for over an hour, leaving the place st 3:40. All wore masks and probably were professionals. Nitrogiycerin wis nsed, Miss Sophia Bissell, who lives next door to the bank, sald that she beard all four explosions and knew that rob- bers were breaking luto the bank, but she was foo frightened to give the alarw. - FOR PURE ELECTIONS. Association to Preveast Corruption Suggeat Reforms te Higgise. ALBANY, N, XY, Dec. 18 ~The sxec utive commilttes of the Association to Prevent Corrupt Practices at Elec tions, of which former Mayor Seth Low of New York is chairman und William Church Osborn secretary, gave cut bere last-night a letter which they have sent to Governor Higgins, suggesting legislation for the puritca- tion of elections, which they regard as desirable. They cull nttention to the fact that bribery is alleged to be ram- pant at elections iu wany parts of the state and declare that the explicit anti- bribery provisions of the penal code ire disregarded “because no person has a motive for thelr enforcement sufficient to make him invoke the criminal laws against one who may be a neighbor and a friend.” “We Lelleve,” they say, “that the legislature should give other weapons than the criminal law to protesting cit- lzens. Campaign contributions by eor poraticns should be prohibited. Item. ized statements of expenses should be requlied of political committees and others as well as of candidates. Can- didates should be punished for bribery by forfeiture of office, und political parties shold be punished by loss of votes” Prophet Was Tarred and Feathered. WELLINGTON, Kau, Dec. 18 “Brother” George Huffman, represent- Ing himsell to be the “true prophet of Chirist,” was tarred apd feathered at Perth, a small town peur hers, by a mob. After the terrible punishment was applied the man walked all night to Renfrew, Grant county, Okla. twen- ty miles south of here. He suffered greatly from the cold, As he was with- out clothing. Huffman is charged with Inducing a farmer to give up his prop erty to him so that be could regenerate the world. : Boaten Fire Cost $800,000, BOSTON, Dec. 18. —Both state and local officers spent a greater part of the day In lnvestigating the origin of the fire on India street early yesterday morning, which caused s loss of $300, 000, principally to the Boston Malling company aud Higgins, Snow & Co, paper dealers. It was reported at the time the fire broke out that it was the work of an Incendiary, The officers found no evidence of an incendiary and were Inclined to Lelleve the fire started from carelessness, : An Anglo-German Eafente, - BERLIN, Dec. 18. — A meeting of 2000 wembers of the commercial sommunity was held at the bourse In favor of an Anglo German ententé. Herr Kirschuer, burgomaster of Ber lin; many members of the reichstag and several well known savants were Philadelphia's New Subway. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 18 — The Market street subway from the Schuyl 6 the city ball, travel Senats Appropriates $11,000, 000 For Isthmian Werk. PRESS BUREAU-HAS BEEN ABOLISHED Salaries and General Bxpendifure on Great Waterway Subject te Criti- Slam—s‘Millions Spent, Nothing Dons,” Sald Culberson. WASHINGTON, Dee. 18. —The senate passed the Panama eanal emergency appropriation bill, but the result was not attained uutil after the debate on the blll had been continued the greater part of the day to the exclusion of practically all other business. Set speeches were made by Mr. Bacon In &dvocacy of his mnendment requiring estimates for canal Sommission sala- ries; by Mr. Allison, Who devoted him. self largely to the details of the bill; by Mr. Culberson. who criticised the em- ployment of Mr. Blashop as a “press agent” by Mr. Stove, who criticised the purchase of American ships to carry Panama supplies in the face of the an- nounced determination to go abroad for vessels under the conditious then exist. ing, and by Mr, ivlands, who ex. pressed the opin at the construc tion of the canal should have been In- trusted to the geological survey. “A substitute for Mr. Bacon's aménd- ment offered by Mr. Hale was aggept- ed. It specifically requires that con- gress shall be supplied with regular es- timates of all salaries except those paid to laborers, skilled and unskilled. Otherwise the bill was passed as re- ported from committee. Mr. Halé made the authorized an- nouncement that Mr. Bishop's duties as A “press agent” would be discontinued. The president will issue Instructions that the duties of Joseph B. Bishop shall be merely administrative. ! Senator Hale gave this assurance to the senate, and Mr. Culberson with- drew his amendment prohibiting the payment of any money to maintain a literary bureau. 3 In guaranteeing the abandonwent of the press bureau Senator Hale sald that every senator recognized the evil of that system. It 1s not the duty of any bureau of the government, Le sald, to exploit whatever Is being done In that branch of the service. Mr. Hale said he could not give an nssurance that the salary of Mr. Bish. op would be reduced. ‘That matter must be adjusted by the proper cowm- mittee. Senator Galliuger sald that $30,000 for the chairman of the canal commis- slou and $17,500 for the governor of the canal soue dre very large salaries and that the $10,000 salary of Secretary Bishop should be cut to $5,000, the sum paid Mr, Murphy, the former secretary. Mr. Culberson said the means em- ployed by the ddministration to obtaln control of the canal zone were “inde fensible In law and (ofamons in morals.” The original estimate for the canal was §184,000,000, yet, he sald, already $76,500,000 bas been spent and nothing accomplished. Still, be said, be would vote for the then pending canal appropriation bill Train Killed Women and Baby, TOLEDO, O, Dec. 18.—Mrs. John Lashaway, aged seventy; her daughter in-law, Mrs. L. L. Lashaway, and the latter's two-year-old baby were killed At Weston, O., when the carringe in which they were riding was struck by & southbound passenger train on the Cincinnati, Hamilton aud Dayton rail road at the Malu street crossing. The carriage was demolished, and the bod- les of the two women were frightfully mangled. They died lustantly, and the baby only lived five minutes. The Borse was also killed. Committee's Insurance Reform Plan. BUFFALO, Dec. 16 Assemblyman Robert Lincoln Cox, one of the mem- bers of the legislative Insurance in vestigating committee, last night bn an interview declared that the committee in its recommendations to the leglsla- ture should suggest a simple and unl- form policy for all companies doing business lu the state and that the In- Yestinents of the companies should be restricted so that there can be no use of funda for the profit of any ludlivid. ual officers or stockholders. Florida Authoress Dead, TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Dec, 18 Mrs. Ellen Call Long, daughter of former "Governor Richard Keith Call, Is dead at the Call bomestead of paralysis. Mrs. Long was the first white child born In Tallabassee. She was an au- thor and preeminent lu the social life of Florida. ——————— Van Der Zoe 10 Be Sarrogate. ALBANY, N. Y,, Dec, 18 -Governor Higgins bas announced that be would Appoint Newion Van Der Zee of Beth. lehem to be surrogate of Albany coun- ty iu place of George HH. Fitts of Co hoes as soon as the latter resigns (0 be come justice of the supreme court. ftnliam Cabinet Heslgas, ROME, Dec. 18~The cabinet of DERBY FOR BEN HODDER. _ i : Oypreas Stakes at Clty Park Won by NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 18—Ben Hodder won the Preliminary Derby at the Fair grounds, and Luralighter took | the Cypresa stakes at City park. These fixtures served to attract big crowds at the tracks, and the racing, under more favorable conditions than have prevailed in the last few days, was spirited and interesting. ' The Preliminary Derby was run as the fourth ruce at the Fair grounds. | Eleven horses faced the starter, and | the Beld was a fairly good one, ns the Stake wag worth $2,150 to the winner. The distance was six furlongs. New. ton Beunington's Guiding Star was a lukewarm favorite at 7 to 2. with Wil lle Bhields’ Ben Hodder, quite as well backed, at 4 to 1. The start was fair, and Delmore went out to make the running. He showed the way to the stretch, where Dickson brought Ben Hodder up with a rush and won golog AWRY by two lengths. James Reddick, | at 7 to 1, suffernd from some Interfor- | ence iu the early part, but closed strong | In the last furlong and took the place | from Delmore. Gulliog Star ran a! disappointing race. J.P Mayberry, a slight favorite over Lady Ellison ln the fifth race, got caught In a jam at the start and fell. | Bix favorites were beaten. | A bait holiday crowd lied the grand | stand at City park. Only two favorites fOuished first, and both were at odds | oa—Toscan in the third and E hodale | In the fifth mce. The Cypress handj- Cap was won easily by Luralighter, which went to the postat 4101, ' Sheppard's Notable Sprint. NEW YORK, Dec. 18.-The most notable performance at the testimonial games tendered to Erle Hertberg, the coach and athlete, by the Twenty sec ond Regiment Athletic association here was the winning of the oue wile scratch race by AL WW, Sheppard of the Irish-American Athletic club, who cov- ered the distance within four fifths of & second of the indoor world's record, 4 minutes 28 seconds, made by Alex- Ander Graut fu Boston Sheppard's time was 4 minutes 20 4-5 seconds Pigeon Shoot nt Bay Ridge. NEW YORK, Dec. 18 In cold, raw weather a dozen of the expert trap shooters of the Crescent Athletic Gun club used up some 2,000 clay pigeons in the third series of matches for the month on thelr grounds at Bay Ridge. On account of the overcast sky the Hght was not good, but In spite of this fact some excellent scores were made Captalu Henry B. Vanderveer led the Held, Wales Won Rugby Mateh. LONDON, Dee. 18.-Wales defeated the New Zealand football team (Rugly rules) at Canliff by a score of 3 to 0, thus administering to the visitors the first defeat they bave suffervd on the tour of the United Kingdom Eby Made Run of Eighty.uine, BINGHAMTON, N. Y. Dee 18- Grant Eby of Baffalo in a watch game of pool in this city with WW. IT. Clear water made what Is believed to be the | world's recon! for a ru, wukiug eighty-ulne balls straight Four Dead In Lorain Theater Fire. LORAIN, O., Dec 18- Four lives were lost {u a dre which destroyed the Verbeck theater here. Junes Dwyer, Mrs. William Marsh and her two chil dren are dead. ‘The Marsh family had apartments (nn the front of the building ou the third foor. William Marsh was Stage manager of the theater. Dwyer, another employee of the theater, slept in the basement, where the fire orig luated, from which escape was cut off Mrs. Marsh and her children were suf focate! by the smoke which poured up the narrow stairway; loss, $30,000 Australias Blacks Kill Launch Crew. ADBLAIDE, Australia, Dec. 18. — While & launch belonging to Fred Bradshaw, owner of a station on the Victoria river, was conveying to Port Darwin seven natives accused of mur dering - white persous Bradshaw, agninst the advice of his companions, | took the prisoners ont of irons. On the | same night the prisouers with their tomashawks killed Bradshaw, hls en. glueer and two other white persons and four native employees The murderers | escaped into the bush. Hased Middies Recovering, ANNAPOLIS, Mi, Dec, 18 Mid: shipman Kimbrough, the hazing of whom has recently attracted much at-| tention, and Midshipman Cooper, who was paralyzed while In class a few days ago, are both expected to leave the Naval Academy hospital today, and | it Is understood that both will shortly be called before the board of Investigs- | tion, now sitting Apostles For Zion City. CHICAGO, Dee. 18 Dr, Jolin Alex. ander Dowie announced that next June’ he will appoint a large number of new | overseers for Zion City. “This Is the! feat by the opposition of the commer cial mwodos vivendl with Spain. sitting was & most exciting ose Greok Cabinet Resigns. | ! Qlnsepor! Factory Burned. PITTSRURG, Dec. 18 Fire destrom od the main building of the Pittsburg Bteel Hoop works at Glassport, Pa. Yon of u pres! of Plans Makes Took Carbolle, : N. ¥. Dee. 18 Frank] Bu, & plano maker, sixty three DE OBARRIO'S DENIAL Former Minister Tells Wheres $10,000,000 Went. ——— NO CONSPIRACY TO SEPARATE PANAMA Rejection of Hay-Herran Treaty the Main Cause of Colombia's Losing Isthmian State—Money Used For Schools and Roads, WASHINGTON, Dec. 18—Nicanor A. De Obarrio, formerly minister of war and marine of the republic of Panama, In a statement issued here, has replied to remarks made In the senate by Mr. Culberson of Texas, who declared that the $1000.000 paid by the United States to Panama “was no more nor less than a payment to the intrigants and conspirators there who organized in this city under the very shadow of the capitol.” Alr. Obarrio, after explainiug that he was one of the eight persons who plan- ned the separation of Panama from Colombia, says: “According to the Hay-Herran trea- ty approved by the United States sen- ate and the rejection of which hy Co lombla was the main cause of the separation of Panama, the United Stiles agreed to pay to the republic of Colonibia $10.000,000 for certain privi leges and acconding to the Hay-Bunau Varilla treaty approved by the republic of Panama and hy the United Sintes senate the same sum was paid for se curing even grealir privileges, “At the time this sum was paid the republic of Panama was a perfectly coustituted nation recoguized by all but two of the countries of the globe The ten milllons have been disposed of in this manner: Six million dollars In- vested lu mortgages In New York real estate al an avernge of 4 per cent. per annom, $108.00 for the establish- ment of a national bank, £500,000 loan- el to Panama bankers on call and £00000 employed In converting our sliver colu to the new coinage of the republic of Panama and for depositing a sum sufficient to guarantee the parity of our silver with United States gold at the rate of two sliver dollars for one gold dollar. The rest has been employ- el In bullding schoolbouses, roads, bridges and the thousand and one things that for years bave been needed in vur country. “As to the statement that the separa. tiou of Panama was accomplished ‘un. der the shadow of the capitol’ most emphatically deny In my name and In that of my colleagues that any public man of this or any other country had anything to do with the revolution so successfully accomplished by us with the valuable ald of 90 6-10 per cent. of the jnbabltants of Panama.” AN ARMED REVOLT. Isle of Pines Has Munitions, Money and Men Prepared to Fight, HAVANA, Dec. 1S—-Preslilent Ray nand of the Isle of Pines associntion In A letter says: “The last mall from the Un'ted States brought additional g arnvees of $40,000 in cash and of men and all the ammunition needed to defend our rights and uphold the American flag in this Isle. This mikes over $200,000 ln cash, 6000 men and all the muul tions veeded should we elect to use force In maintaining the rights of Americans on Awmerlvan territory.” Secretary of the Interior Freyre Andrade when shown the above letter apparently was undisturbed. He said the United States doubtless could be dependéd upon to prevent the em barkation of men and munitions of war for the Isle of Pines. Asked whether he regarded Mr. Raynanl's letter us rounds for prosecution, the secretary sald that It was a matter for the courts to decide, adding that the governwent would pay no attention to such state meuts, Tots Left Alone With Shotgun. BALLSTON, N. Y,, Dec. 18 While Anule, the eighteen -ontbs-old child of Stephen Sabino of West Milton, and ber three-yearold sister were playing alone iu their house a shotgun standing in the corner toppled over and was dls. charged, the load of heavy shot coli. pletely tearing the head off the younger child, The mother had left the obil- dren alone In the house for a little while. When she returned Annie was dead, while the other child lay stunned by the explosion War Veterans Celebrate at Tokyo. TOKYO, Dee, IK-The frst official celebration In honor of the return of the Manchurian armies was held, Fleld Marshal Oyama and Genéral Kurokl! wore guests of the Guards division Ten thousand mien of all ars in their geld wuiforms aud with tweaty-four guus marched from Hibiya park to Uyeno park, a distance of three miles, their (altered flags telling eloquently of the ordeals through which acl regi went bad gone, Mrs. Muneckton Acqaiited. BALLSTON, N. YY. Dee I8Mprs Hattle Munckton, who had been on trial for fonr days on the charge of murdering her husband Ly shooting ted. The verdict of uot guilty was fol lowed lwmedintely hy the discharge of the prisoner. The woman wus al most overcome, but she shook each Teeker's Slayer Arrested. BOSTON, Dec. 18-The state police have received & dispatch trom Eaton. ton, Ga. sisting that the loss} author ities hove arrested “Chick” Sullivan for the mur) ot Taine J ue PRICE'ONE CENT Bargains and Specialties At cost and Lelow, $150 terns closing at $1.00. patterns closing at $1.00, this week will be returned to 5 the Scranton store. If yon * want a stylish dress pattern buy now, Silks Plaid Waist silks, $1.00 kind S0¢, 75¢ kind 69¢. 0 Moire Silks Formerly sold for $1; n a full line of shades left, price 6c. Very pretty for Holiday Gifts We have a large assortment of the practic: sorh, art cles will berefit the recipient. Gents’ Umbrellas With horn, Scotch farz, wood and Congo handles tri med with sterling silver an gold-plated metals, in all the latest shapes; covers the and mest serviceable known the trade Ladies’ Umbrellas Plain and fancy handles: il new imported styles and. m serviceable covers procurab prices to suit all purses, Hanakerchiefs Many people here know reputation the Globestores for their handkerchiefs. have them displayed for ye inspection at 10c, 12}e; 150, and 25c. Table Linens All our fable linens are best the world produces. import them discet; saving per cent for you. Thera syndicate that buya goods cheaper than we do. sell other large stores from distr buling point at S¢ Try a table cloth; that is way to test it Hot air prove an argument; goods that tells. ——————————————— Pillows Just for the lioliday trade This pillow is worth twice much as we ask for it yoursell and be convinced. Sm Opera Bags. Work Bay Etc. Dainty creations silk cords, etc.; priced from nn Our Famous Glove Department Our special kid glove I’. K. stitching, for Iadies® all shades, $1.00, Ladies’, Men's, Girls' Golf Gloves and a sensible gift that brin fort to the recipient; fro up. 1S v
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