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LONDON, Dec. 20 Dispatches from Moscow say that for four days fight ing between strikers holding barricades ou the streets aid the troops has cou tinued of and desolation The with sceues carnage sweeping tire of machine guns that constant the the charge of and at every point have their awful effect in | but the pumbers nat sews 10 diminish | if Moscow oan it will be! " ul sireels cavalry infautlry wholesale Llonlsiad of the strikers Je The peuple feel that waintain iis stout resistapc oly a short time when St Petersburg will rise and then the entire country In the confusion that reigns in Mos it Is lmpossibide to fix the exact gumber who Lave bevn killed in the Inst four days but the dead list will certaluly total hundreds The fighting bas assumed the nature of 1 butchery Ly the machine guns of the artillery, grape and canister belug employed wercilessly aguinst the ill anoed lusurgents Atrocious tales are told of the Cos sacks, who, plied with vodka until drouk, fired down the streets, some tinues charging with lances. The insur gents displayed great stubbornuess in bolding their barricades, even advanc- ing In a n ass to the slaughter. At the same time bombs were thrown from the windows of houses near the barri- cades occupiad by the revolutionaries Artillery was summoned and batter od the houses to pleces. The plan of the Insurgents, It is stated, is to hold the outskirts and gradually 'nclose the troops iu the center of the city Lead ers annoulice that ap army of 30100 is concentrated at Orechoffsueflf, north vast of Moscow, and will soon be ready to march to the city's [he streets at night are In dark ness save for searchlights lu the towers of bivouacks behind the barricades A Riga dispatch says that the rail road employees throughout the Balue provinces are on strike At Warsaw the strike of the post and telegraph employees is at an end. The strikers have accepted the condition= of the government, and the telegra phers have resumed work _ Steadtnol Monustery square was one of the bloody battling grounds Ihe fusiliade of shells from quick firing guns placed at different spots in that vicinity, constantly ruked the strikers, who are Intrenched behind barricades These barricades were stormed and carried a dozen times by the troops but they were quickly raised again by the strikers, who us soun group fell was replaced by another equally as desperate Tver street and Strastriol square were also the scenes of stubborn fight ing. In which girl studerfts Wore con spicuous both In facing the merciless Cossacks and lo caring for the wound ed. Business is held up everywhere, only in a few portions of the city the people daring to venture ou the streets The loug awaited leader who will weld the frenzied mob futo a compact and Irresistible army of liberty arisen in distracted Russin, Tix who shall bring cosmos out of chaos fs already at work among the revolu- tionlst= of Moscow, though Lis identi ty is yet unknown. Whether he comes from the ruuks of the wutinous mili tary or is a civilian, with the power of a Danton, is yet to be shown Moscow Is concentrating all effort to plunge Russia foto civil war, The next forty eight hours will decide whether the government or the revolutionists will triumph. Moscow the storm center, and, though the government professes to believe that the revola tionary movement will fail for lack of arms and ammunition, indications of a gradual welding of the disorganized meb under 4 vew and powerful leader seem to prove that the cause of loyal ty to the czar Is waning in the aucient capital, A geueral political strike began in Odessa. The garrison maintains a pas- sive attitude, aml grave fears are vo- tertained that the city will fall cow pletely into the hands of the revolu tionists. The lohalitants are panic stricken In Warsaw the Socialists have Issued proclamations to the people calling to armed rebellion, CON assistimne ibsolute is ohe Lins nan No PBeilding Sirike at New York. NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-No wurkers were happier than the 100,000 skilled men in the building trades when it was announced that every uulon, with the exception of the houseswiths and bridgemen’s, bad signed a trade sgree- ment of from otie to three years to go into effect on Jan. 1 next By this ac tion the unions bave officially repudi- sted the strike of the structural frou workers. Zerrlen Lenves His Caplinl. BANTO DOMINGO, Dec. 2 —Presi- dent Moniles hing left the city, and his destination is unknown. The city amd surrounding country ix quiet. hut con siderable unrest and excitement Is shown at the anexpected departure of rs Aequitied of Dynamiting, 3 W. WW. Juntgen A POLITICAL DICTATOR. New York World Sees Peril In Roose sell One Man Power, NEW YORK. Dec. 24 -The World, in an article dated from Washington, sayx “National politicians are just begin ning to wake up to the game President Roosevelt is playing. When it came out that the president was endeavoring to wake himself! the real leader of the Republican party in New York, poli. ticlaus froin other parts of the country began to take stock. “The lending Hepublicans In congress and the wen who have controled states, although uot in congress, have arrived at one conclusion and that is— the president is not only making plans to establish himself as the Republienn boss of New York, but be has well un der way plans that will make him the political boss of the United States What it amounts to is that the presi regardiess of present party leaders “He has played more openly in New York than in other states because he had to He foutd oul in New York. If be gets Wadsworth elected speaker he will be in absolute control of the situation, with Higgius as gov: eruor, Parsons as county chairman in New York city, Wowiruff in control in Kluge, Wadsworth as speaker and other men of equal pewer eager to do his bidding "New York Is a big factor of course, but New York Is not ail there is to it, he president is reaching out. He is after Ohio aud be Is using Secretary Taft for his Ohio figurehead “Through Lodge the president con- trols Massachusetts. He is negotiating with reform Republicans in Pennsyl vania to push along the work of wreck ing the oll Quay machine begun at the late election He is concillating south eru Republicans In every way he can He has a grip on the west that cannot be shaken, Every important appoint ment be makes is to strengthen his own hands It to be was is the ambition of the president 1 political dictator when he fin islies his present term DISTRICT ATTORNEY REMOVED Fresident Displeased With FProsecus tion of Western Land Sharks. WASHINGTON, Dec 260 Irvin Bax ter, Unite] States district attoruey for Nebraska, bas heen removed summa rily from office by President Roosevelt The anuoutfevwent of Mr. Baxter's re moval eeu made at the White House District Attorney Baxter, who was appointed to office lust spring. pruse cuted on behalf of the goverument the case against Richards & Comstock, eat tie ralsers. who were charged with fenciug Illegally the public lands in Nebraska aud whose prosecution was brought about LY investigations into lend frauds made under the direction of Secretary of the luterior Hitcheock The wen were convicted and sentenced to six hours In the custody of the Unit ed States marshal. Practically no de fense wns mude lu the trial In carrying out the sentence the Unit ed States marshal deputized the attor neys of Richards & Comstock to take charge of the defendants for the six bours of thelr seutence. For exercising this leniency the warshial was removed from office. Both the president and the department were dissatisfied with the manner in which the case had been prosecuted by District Attorney Bax ter. mind as n result Mr. Baxter's resig nation was requested After severnl days had elapsed Mr Baxter responded to the request for his resignation with a declipation to re sign Thereupon President Roosevelt removed him frou office Thus far no successor to Mr has wen selected. It is probable that the new appolutee will not be an nounced until the reconvention of the senate after the holiday recess of con Eress has Baxter Boston's War on Lignor Men. BOSTON, Dec. 26. A new develop went in the local liquor license agita tion started recently by District Attor ney John B. Moran came when three of the four hotels from which the dis trict attorney requested thé board of police to take away thelr Hocuses be cause of alleged violations of the “screen” law applied to the board for pew [lentes These hotels are Young's Parker's and the Essex. The proprie tors will have to pay §1, S00 for the new Heepses Decp (onecern Vor Cardinal Pages. ROME, Doe. 26 The pope expressed his concern over the attempt made at Barcelona to stab Cardinal Salvator Cassauas y Pages, bishop of Urgel, ns he leaving the cathe dral. His holiness discussed the in cident at length with Cardinal Merry del Val, papal secretary of state, and with Cardinal Vives v Tuto, bisbop of RBarcelonn, who is here, Later he sent a message to the cardinal, congraty Isting him on his escape deep wins Operation May Save Treibel, WESTBROOK, Conn, Dec, 26. — A trephiining operation performed on the skull of Hans Treibel. the farmer who was assaulted with an ax by his broth er-io-Jaw, Michael Fischel, may save his life, though his condition i= still very critical. After it was done the Injured man's respiration seemed a little better, and, though he remained unconscious, he may live Consklering Treihel's nge, sixty seven, his vitality is considera] most remnrkable They Blew Out the Gas REN Lillian Dee. 26.John Me DEATH ENDS RACE. Millionaire's Auto, at Racing Speed, Turns Turtle. JAMES E MARTIN'SLIFECRUSHED OUT Wife Saw Him Killed-Sizx In Big FPashard Touring Car Injured. Chaullear Faure Held by the Police. NEW YORK, De It was racing at 4 mile a misute past ueral procession to overtake the auto mobile of bis sou that James E. Mar tin's great fifty horsepower Paphard turned turtle at Broadway aod White stone Flushing. Sunday even ing. instantiy crushing the life out of its millionaire owner and lnjuring ev- ery of the persons had been his compasions in the wild race Mrs Martin, iu ber son's car SEW her bLusband duog hesdloug through the air to fall under the wreck age of the sumersauniting car ia a critical condition from sbiock apd pros tration, and the tragedy Way Lave a doubly tragic sequel Ihe of the disaster are: James E Martin of SG Fifth avenue, retired bapker and brother of Bradley Martin, skull crushed. dead Daniel Bacon, back badly hurt, injured terually. Mrs. Daniel Bacon. legs cut aud bruised. Mrs. Edward A. Ma nice, the famous golfing expert, Buty gous about body and Stacy Clark. back, shoulders, head and leg bruised and cut. Mrs J Allen Town send, lacerations and contusions. Alex ander Faure, chauffeur, bruised and cut about the head and shoulders Mr and Mrs. Martin had just given a luncheon at the Oakland Golf club at Bayside. Mr. Martin and his wife who Florence Brokaw W. Gould Brokaw, were potable nuto mobile enthusiasts, spending much time in tours ou Looe Island and fre quently golog back and forth between their town and their country residence The Martins were jolusd at the club Louse after lopcheon by their jawes E. Martin, Jr, aud Lis who was Miss Gladys Robinson Younger Martins had been at the of Cord Bayside The whole party left bouid to New York while a fu 2°20 road ole six who who is victims in bead Was sister to house sah wife I'he at luncheon Louse Meyer, dr. at the clubhouse u three automo biles Iu his Mercedes car Mr with his wother beside ing the way. He had gained erable lead Mr Martin, Sr, ordered his chauffeur, a man used to daring the dangers of the road and race track to let the Panhard out and take the lead The son, detecting the move, opened bis lever to the last notch There was a funeral procession in the road, but the laboring automobiles swept past the carrisges and the hearse like wheeled whirlwinds, golag to the very edge of the macadam to avold collisions. The Panhard, Ly all accounts, was traveling sixty or ary five miles au bour Ou Broadway the older Martin told his driver to pass the Mercedes at once. At this place an open ditch four feet deep ends just beyond where the two autos were drawing abreast Faure lu swerving to the left ran the left front wheel of his car against the soft earth where the treuch had been filled in I'bat wheel thudded against the edge of the trench and sank almost to the hub in the soft earth. The effect of this and of the high wowentum was to send the huge car up in the alr polsed on that unlucky left frout For one dizzy instant it bung in that position aud then fell down to the left of the road According to some accouuts, the au towobile turned one complete somer- sault aud part of another Anything traveling a mile 4 winute or better is lkely to do unusual things If suddenly and violently halted Mr Martin was flung high in the air He dropped with tremendous force un der the upturned machine, and it set tled on his head His wife, lookiug back from the other car, saw the whole thing Sbe scream ed and fainted Faure was taken a prisoner to the Filustulug hospital There he was held, the police charging him with homicide in that, as they asserted, he had caused Mr. Martin's death through ue Martin, Jr. was jead- a consid Lim wheel gligence Result of a Family Row, SCHENECTADY, N. Y.. Dec. 26 -1In the course of a heated family row Jast night Mrs. Maria Gonona was slushed on the face and bead by her brothee In law, Joseph Franz. She was taken to the hospital and is in a critleal con dition. Frune stubbornly resisted ar rest and wax clubbed into submission by officers. lu the broken ha fumily row ticles bis nose was cutting resulted in a A Colorado Train Wreek, DURANGO, Colo, Dee. 26 ~The east bound Denver and Rio Grande passen ger train from Silverton, well loaded with passengers wrecked three miles from this city, and while wits killed n nin bey gers were injured, twelve of them se riously The acokdent was caused, it is claimed, by nn defective rail Was Ho ohe Iara of passen Pabliec ands For Veterans, DALLAS, Tex, Dee 24 The Ster Hing Price vamp of Confolernte Vet. ernns hax decided to ask the Texas members of congross to urge an amend- | ata to the Oklahoma: Liwlian Territory bil) pros ding for an a Aut o Uh tii Wn 15 evils CHRISTMAS AT WHITE Oficialdom at Washington Teek a General Hollday. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 Oficial Washington celebrated Christmas hy a general suspension of governmental business. All of the government de partinenis were closed te public bus iness. but some of the cabinet officers were at their desks for a time attend ing to lmportaut mall and telegraphie advices President Roosevelt appeared at his office for only a orfef time just long enough, in fact, to dispose of a few matters of Importance which deinanded his attention. There was a general gift civiog at the White House. This exchange presents was conflued practically to | wembers of the family The presi dent's thind son, Archie, as usual had | a Christinas tree in his own room and | from that he distributed Lis gifts to the fawlly apd the household people. The president and Mrs Roosevelt! gave a family diuner at the White House, Hepresentative Nicholas Long worth, the fauce of Miss Housevell, belug present HOUSE. of | BEAT ENGLISH CHAMPION. An International Hacket Mateh aut! New York. NEW YORK, Dec. 20—-An interna tional professional racket match in which George Standing, the American champion, and Edward Rogers defeat ed Peter Latham. the English cham- pion, and David Gardner attracted a iarge gathering of players to the New York Racket Tennis club. The | four handed contest consisted of six four of which won by Standing and his partner, Latham and Gardner winning the second and third This was the opening match of a series lo which Lathaw, who arfived here a week is to appear against the professionals in this country daring the next six weeks, amd it the frst racket match in which Latham lias taken part (op the ast four vears. Gardner and Rogers are Stand assistants in the local club, and the bulk of beavy play wa< made by the two experts letting the Younger extend thewselves at and games wer ago best Wis ings thew mien every stage Standing and Latham will the same court ou Jag © racket championship of the States apd a plirse of £300 The result of the en the chances of meet in for the United match does not jess the Euglishi expert, who will be a prime favorite when the big game takes plac Sportsmen's Show at Boston. BOSTON, Dec. 20 Naticual and state governments and porth. south cast amd have coutributed features to a sportsinen’s show which has ojwned here for two weeks ander the auspices of the New England For est, Fish and Game association. One of the features of the show is the ex hibition of motion pictures of hunting and fishing ia Maine and Canadian woods A number of Indians from Maine are present A large holiday crowd attended the openlug Racing at Iagleside Track, SAN FRANCISCO, Dee 2 The Christmas handicap at lugleside was won by Lubla from the odds on favor ite, Proper. Callaghan got away first aud Jed until the stretch, when Dr Leggo, Proper and Lubin pulled up abreast. For only a moment Lubin rewinined with them, Gatheriug speed at every jump, he was oon showing | Lis heels. Callaghan stopped. Proper, still game, but heavily weighted, tried to keep pace, but falled, and Dr Leg go finished third west each Handicap For LOS ANGELES, genla Burch Eugenia Hureh. Cal, Dec. 20 -EKun showed that she Is a great horse by taking up 128 pounds and winning the Hollywood handicap it a mile and a sixteenth from a good field of eight other horses at Ascot The mare was favorite ju the betting golug from 6 to 5 to even woney nt post Ume Bob Fitssizmmons and Mis Wife. SAN FRANCISUO, Dee 26 Hob Fitzsimmous expects to start for New York at ounce to investigate the disap pearance of his wife, who after the fight with O'Brien wired Lim that she was going to leave him for good. It is stated that he will bring a suit for $100,000 for the alienation of her aff tions, Fitzsimmous i& going to meet Major Charles Joseph Silley Miller Mr. Fitzsimmons thinks that the wa jor knows something about the where abouts of his missing wife The major denles that he Las seen ber since last June, when he admits he accompanied lier to a steamship when she sailed for Earope Quiet’ Helgne at Shaunghal. SHANGHAL Dee. 20 The mixed court has been reopened. The German amd armed foreign guards werd present, but everything was nor mal. All is quiet, but blue jackets and guards are still posted around the for eign concessions. Reports of Japanese complicity In the recent trouble are generally cousbdered to be without foundation, A8sessor Engine Blew Lp Near Paterson, N. J, PATERSON, N_ J, Dev. 26 -A Sus quehannn locomotive was partly blown to pleces amd two members of the tradii's crew were badly injured here by the explosion of the engine's boiler Charles De Barr of Stroutsburg, N. Y.. fireman, aml Conductor Mahle of But- ler, N. J, were terribly scalded. De Bar Is expectad ta die : Canadian Cabliaet Minlster Dead, SARIS. De Dec. 28 ~Raymond Prefon- Admiral Dewey's Message to All Our Tars Afloat. WIRELESS FLASHES IT ACROSS SEA Christmas (tiebhrations at West Indies Home Foris—Siern at Shanghai WASHINGTON, the ships of the tered in foreign the Phil- ippines, and Ia fiuty res Liners anal | was observes] us Christnas greeting world by Admiral Deus nicated to the officers the vessels iu the reached The adwmiral’s Cliris spoke a united the country Te the of th Atlantic there was Christmas zreeting by less telegraphs which served as an elaborate and test of this auxiliary of the ice The direct the we Eel stand 1d the sery en Casting wireless me=siges weg Admir M bureau of equip Were HIeSsS oes ealitait ii of ut asl =alisia The were sent out fron at the Washington navy yun refused froin place to plac Early responses od fe cers nearest Washing widnight many of the st plied neitidipeg New and San Juan, the by way of Quantansme Only necessary work = Lhiere Liberal shore jease the officers sery ad Usual Christmas season sels the the day irk olen | ships everyw 1d men ihaand shi ensiam Jia LEI caplaius § ward root lu In the far east the | bration took place at Manila where the 1 ‘ } fund Oregon leigh and Bainbridge chor the protectssd os i: Cincinnati ud $1 Ti¢ A different Christin cruiser Bb Villalobos because of the isting. no shore the officers on shors destroyers [| 1 al hy the sitimore and tl at Shang condition of unre ledve was grinted til mien boat Hal except the on spent the day on wed The battleship Wisconsin | it 1 koug In the orited the leaves, and Hear distributed his ships to various island port West ladies the with Vdiirs § {or the lis ships SILVER COINS ‘GALORE Crooks Held at Daltimore Working Mexican Half Dollar Falke BALTIMORE, De 26 —1 cases filled to their <a bright lars, which fice of Captain Pumphrey tectives, of upois Which the police been working during theo and which has resulted fu the ment to court of | whose i= | Hanit Mex Aare now LH with silver an | the private of proved an uteresting featun iH Case «f $e residences James Williams of Columbus the charge of false prete Limes The Mexican cents in United States 1 wen, it is otild | worth of ng in t down some the Mesica ceiving inch the Mexican cuit rn States coln. but ferent. Nuwe city have coup victimized, and the police suspects that the rest hinve been operatiog in obtaining coin ~ alleged, w sOluet Of 5 cents <4 hid thie ull Fulls Lik ities] LW Bet ide Santa (lane on the DAGGETT, Cal, In mas tree Sauta Cia uli train was the Y udetich tion Indulged the forty newspaper wen who wen the Los Augeles Hmitesd and Lox Angeles fur their ns y trig the continent ln th laden with cifts in a Pullinan vestibule as the newspaper men from their hosts. The vovel of much merrh part of the newspaper fi so many hundreds of mil botes on Christinas ov tail wind Uli ue in Ly Kies tur many cel t eCUasion General Miles Helieved From WASHINGTON, Ihe Tart gr the ap Lieutenant Genel Nelo US A. retired, for relief from duty with the organiza i siachusetts, and the geoess wits (ssiienl taming For &8 yea Miles gervesl aud Inspector Governor hins tatenl has military ivis general an the staff of routine of Miss fintaotts ie Was n MiILroRD mica Ploree members of in the eonntry the at the ange of Johnson as Revolution, hey Waordester, haying sot that name “Heal Dangle Muss ee D Me Yolo, om the w f pind « un Revala 1) of 4 America PRES 1 real” dag Fath Lay Piero Hi vex in war of Flveayenr-old Druppedt Dena, ELMIRA, N.Y, Dee 24 Huh Hut ledge, five years old, daughter of a prominent jeweler, dropped dead here ‘while Vawing Ler Chelatuing presents. PRICE ONE CENT Sharp Reductions! In Holiday Left-Overs urprisé you in Holiday for cost won't figure m We must move and ends out, and two Dress Goods anama suiting fall read pure wool, finest quality for ‘anama, blacks and finest wool, 44 ino. made of 21 fH) Panamas, 58 lors. Now is ang «oa -3 i Moires Ti itly reduced il secure one Fol WEDNESDAY ONLY 121¢ Outing¥ ngs for ble, _— 1 Bi HE Sel Out Linen Department Bleached ed Damask, several p from. Worth 60e, ab te Warehouse Tabled "Try a cloths — ES —— Globe Warehous Ta!madge Block, Eimer; ALLEY ‘PHONE Gi and 62 blea The fe} fare finding favor Lehigh Valley Goal HARD AND SOFT WOO! Bes® Quelity & Prompt Guaranteed Bradford Street Yard "Phone, 185d t Raymond & Haupt’ Hons 3 Roth Phones 0 CON IRAGTOR AND BUILDER. and ¥etimates Furnls 3 Stevenson SE Sayre, Pa. SAYRE'S LEADING DRAYMAN. Especial care and tention given to r Pianos. Household Goods, etc. CE Rl ea JOHN ©. PECKALLY DEALER IN torelgn and. Domestic Fruits. Olive Oil -Quatt tie Callan $800. 16 different kinds of Macaroni at prices for this week, Re. . 8 FW zabeth St. Waverly Contractor and k Plans and Estimat{ 102 Lincoln St
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