INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE. ODELL'S HOT WORDS Roosevelt Higffinaand Parsons Denounced by Ex-Governor. float 10 rihisa ron speantashif] Higgina and Taft In Conference—Sees retary of War Said President Was Net Interfering In State Politica. iT SEREER ESTE. saw _ Bx Lu NEW YORK, Dec. 29 —Ex-Govergor Odell was at the Republican club, and after a cotference with Assemblyman Merritt, bis candidate for speaker, Le fet loose smother tirade of abuse and denuuciatiou of President Roosevelt, Governor Higgins, Congressman Par sous and all others that have opposed Lis candidate for the speskership Mr. Odell said; “The man up at Albany who is doing #0 much talking bas evidently had some starch lnjected iuto Lis spine by one Theodore Roosevelt, Hut If the Headfastuess of Governor Higgins could be listed ou the stock exchange (while 1 kuow wothiug about that place} 1 should advise all my friends to sell the stock short. It is well kuewn that Higgins uever had any backbone In the past. When be talks it Is the voice of Jacob Higgins, but the band of Esau Rousevelt When asked about the speakership fight Mr. Odell said: “It (s a Oght to a finish iu the cau cus. Mr. Merritt will not retire, and 80 far as | khow there will be no third candidate. Merritt is In the race to fight it out In the caucus.” Of the local situation be said: “Young Mr. Parsons has a whole Jot the gume of politics.” The ex-governor sald that President Roosevelt was not fooling any ome by his denlals that he was luterfering in state and jocal politica In this state, Oblo aud Pennsylvania. He sald that old polititians could not be caught with such salt. Tv Asseubly Merritt was still 3 could not talk at Jeugth. He repeated his statement that he was to the end. es Politicians acs a) Successer to Mr. as chairman of the ublican state committee. It is Bot thought that he will resign, but It y discussing a wan will be siscted to the post. Some of the men mentioned for the place are Jobin H. O'Brien, secretary of state; William Barnes, Jr. the chair- man of the executive committee of the state committee; Ralircad Commission er George W. Aldridge of Rochester, Cougressmuan J. Sloat Fassett of Elwli- ra and Nicholas V. Fraochot, state superintendent of public works. Among the leaders who discussed the matter ie. Aldridge seemed (0 have the wost riends. Governor Higgins and Mr. Odell were in town, but did wot weet. Governor Higgins reiterated his an- Uouncement that the election of As sembiyman James W, Wadsworth to the speakershilp was certain, The gov- ernor sald that he would bave a guod majority in the caucus at Albauy on Tueadsy night. The governor was ask- ed about the threats of reprisals in the legislature made by Odell and Merritt. “Yes, [ have read that there were to be attacks,” be sald. “The whole sit- uation is one which must be left to the - Secretary Taft had a loug talk with Governor Higglos. Both were here to attend the prison ship wartyrs cowm- mission. It was reported that Secre- tary Taft bore a message from the president to the governor, but this was denied by Mr. Taft The secretary sald that the only message be had for Mr Higgins was that he boped If the governor was lmpeached he would es president bas not interfered . He consults the senators Obfe sppointments, and er be does is the result of an agreement with the sens- Memerial Urn te Hold Seidli's Ashes. NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—-A memorial gift in the form of an urn to contain way & Hons bere. The meworial urn was desigued and carried out by George Urey Barnard snd bears sculp- tured figures of a dying youth with a harp and of “The Mystery.” bearing the small ura of life Leet Ship Was Fannie Risehe. PHILADELPHIA, Dec 29. — The Quarter lightship, just outside of Ches- bound for Wilmington, N. C. crew was saved. A ———nsini. Postal Congress at Rome. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20-1t Is an mounced by the postmaster geueral that The convene st Rome during the first week of April, 1908. Former Representative Eugene F. Loud of Sen Francisco bas 0 1 to represent the United at the congress. A ———. i Knighthood. s Dec, 28. -J. Henecker- Introduced penny Bosiage Seam "HONOR THE HOOSIER POET. indiana Teachers Celebraied Noon- tide of J. Whitcomb Riley. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec. 29. — James Whitcomb Riley was honored here ut a session of the Indiana State Teachers” association, set apart to pay a (ribute to the Hoosier poet. Ad- dresses were delivered by Senator Al bert J. Beverklge, President Hughes of Depauw university, Heury Watterson of Louisville, Ky; Charles R. Williams, editor of the lpdianapolis News, aud Meredith Nicholson, Mr. Riley re sponded to the eulogles. Mr. Watler- son sald ju part; : “The other day a famous company in New York celebrated the seventieth birthday of the most famous of uur prose writers, aud we are celebrating the nvontide of our great and honored poet, our ueighbor and our friend, and, though 1 bave fought throughout my life against secticnallsw iu all jus forius, | cantot repress a kind of speakiog satisfaction io the thought that the east, bavisg eibaustel its supply, has bad te cowie west for a fresh crop of poets and bhuinerists and uovelists fodiug wost of them, Ly the way, in lodiana, “The satisfaction rises lute exulta- tion when | reflect that the standards of the literature of my country, thus following the star of empire, are held Twalo ad WiHllam Dean Howells aud James Whitcomb Riley, with the Tar kiugtons, the Majors, the Dunoes and the Ades to bring up the supports aud take their places wheu they are gone” MIDDY HAZERS ON TRIAL. Hewlett Gave Practical Demonstra- tion of Staats In Court. ANNAPOLIBR, Md, Dec 2u — MW- slilpman Treumor Coffin, Jr, was put on trial bere for the alleged baring of Midshipman Jenlone PP. Kimbrough by compelling him to perform an exercise known as standing on his bead until he became uncouscious An Incident of the opening session of the court was ap exhibition of the ex act method of performing this feat by Kimbrough nod Midshipmau George W. Hewlett, a third class man and one of the wost Important witnesses for the prosecution [It was found to con sist of the victim placing his bead on the floor and raising both feet together rapidly and couttnuously uatil told to stop d The exercise is hard ou the Lead and puts a great strain oo the back, shoul ders, arrus and lege Kimbrough, who was hazed, was the second witness, and the remarkable fact developed that Le was entirely unable to identify tbe accused as the one who hazed him. This arose, from the fact that the ‘‘ecode” forbids a fourth class wan to fook at a member of the class above hitu. This bad been followed so strictly by young Kim brough that he could not say that Cof- fio was the midshipman in his roow. Hyde Was Weary. NEW YORK, Dec. 20 — Weary look- ing. with his white face ghastly and chalk-like against the jet Liack of his Heor! Quatre beard, James H Hyde, one time vice president of the Equita- ble, bas salled on La Lorraine for France. Efforts bad been made to keep bis salliug a secret. He leaned on the rall and looked weary as he sald of himself: “Yes, | shall go to dear Parls, and there | shall find. rest. Perhaps when [ feel better 1 shall travel a bit on the continent. but just now | have nothing Iu mind but qulet and rest.” When asked If he bad left the life In surance business permanently he re plied. “That is a subject | will not dls- cuss.” Missing Since Thanksgiving Day. ROME, N. XY, Dec. 29 The Lody found In the Erle canal has beet iden: tiled as that of Jacob Gawro a Po He bad beeu iuissing since Thamksgly- lug night. It Is stated that be atteuded a beer party that night and that the guthering broke up in a drunken fight Two days after a creditor of Garo asked a Polock where Gawre was. The Polock replied that be bad beard that Gamro Lad committed suicide by throwing himself ia front of a locomo- tive The police and coroner are lnves- tigating. Dewey Starte on Lung Veyage. WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 The new dry dock Dewey, In tow of the colliers Caesar and Brutus, left Solomon's Is land, ju Chesapeake bay, today for the Phiilppine Islands, where she will be stationed at the naval statiou at Cavite. The supply ship Glacler aud the tug Potomac will convoy the colliers aud the dock. It Is expected that the long Journey, which is the greatest towing project ever attempted, will take four months, Civil War Veteran Dead. AUGUSTA, Me. Dec. 29. — Martin Chase, presideat of the Kennobee Say ings bank since 1887 and president of the Augusta Natlous! bank until that Institution closed its affairs three years ago, is dead of puevmounis. He was born at Turner in 1885. Colonel Chase served lo the civil war and beild a num Ler of civic and state offices Licenses Held Pending inquiry, BOSTON, Dec. 20 — Colonel Charles H. Cole. chairman of the police board, apnoutces that the Loard will not act upon applications for pew licenses from the big botels until the charges made by District Attorney Moray had been fully Investigated and either prov- ed or disproved. Troops of Czar Batter Barri- cades With Artillery. KREMLIN CITY LIKE A BATTLEFIELD Mistehenko, Commanding Grenadiers, Weunded — Chief of Police Shot. Martial Law at Odessa~Heb- ‘ els Wreck Trails. LONDON, Dec. 28 — Moscow dis- patches su) that the troops Legan op erations at dJdawu at the Triumpbal arch, bowbarding and demolishing su Inimense barricade pear the car stables of the Belgian company which had been built Ly overturning raw cars. Thence slowly pivatiog from the arch the columns swepl eastward, clearing all the streets off Tverskala aud porth of the boulevard which separated the batueground from the ceuter of the city The barricades were batters! by the BIg guus sul! wany of the defeuders killed The city of Moscow bears the ple- turesgue appearance of a battiefighd Officers are every whivie seen galloping thie or belug driven through stieels GENERAL MISTCHENRO about in rupldly woving sleighs, ac comnpapled by escorts of dragoons or Cossacks Ihe ceuter of the city for the first tinue shows sigus of life, the stores reopening, and the inhabitants, whe had been cooped up for five days, were venturing out : The operdtivus of the troops iu the Brunnaia district discloses many in teresting traces of the Hghtiug which brought the walls of a hundred houses tumbling about the ears of their de fenders. Tle Prokhoroff cotton mill, the headquarters of the “Drujins.’” and many other houses fur the distance of a mille between the boulevard and the Trivwphal arch are In ruins At Odessa martial law Las been pro claimed. The strike, however, Is nearly over. . In the Baltic provinces the Lettish lasurgents, while acting independent- ly, bave adopted plaus for preventing the arrival of re-enforcements. They sawed through the timber bridge at Kausika, forty mies from Reval and caused a frightful accident to a passen- ger train. which fell through Into the river Ihe wumber of dead and in- Jured has not yet been established General Mistchenko, who Is ultimate ly destined to undertake the tusk of crushing the rebellion iu the Baltic proviuces aud who has been placed in temporary command of the grepadier corps at Moscow, while lu the streets of Moscow was wounded by a stray bullet Revolutionaries at Moscow forced an entravce into the private residence of the chief of the secret police, told bim to bid furewell to Lis family and then shot hin According to advices received from St. Petersburg last uight, the “rebel Hon” at Moscow is entering on its flual stage The disarmament of the proletariat Is being carried out systematically at Bt. Petersburg. A large force of Cos sacks and lufantry have occupled the workioen's quarters acruss the Neva Troops surrounded each block of tene ments, and gendarmes eatered the bouses aud rausacked every room They found hundreds of revolvers and a few rides. Oue Louse bad a pew machine yuo and plenty of ammunl tion for it A Warsaw report says: “Eighty re. elutionists blew up with dynamite the safe of the district treasury iu Wyso kiemiuzowiecke, government of Loma, Poland, securing $120,000 in paper ru bles, $10,000 iu gold aud $50,000 Ju sil ver. They frst cut the telegraph wires The ralders escaped with the loot” Four thoussnd strikers wurched out of Moscow aud completely destroyed miles of track between St. Petersburg and Moscow thirty wiles outside of the city In order to prevent the arrival of troop trains bearing the Sewluoy Sky buttalion of the horse guurd. aod the tralus backed twenty (ulles to Clyne, whenoe, it Is understoml. the troops will march today ou foot for thelr destinative Thelr Bodies Nailed to Houses. BOSTON, Dv. 235 Mrs. David Ce lataky, who has arrived here from Ekaterinosiay, Russia. sald that the rioting there began about Nov. 1. Sto dents and revolutionists attacked Jews and killed them in the streets. Jewish women were Killed and their hodles nalled to houses. Bad Fire at Westerly, wo, ~A “RL, N LONDON, Conn, Dee, oa ute a A BOWLING RECORD. W. FE. Roach of Wilmington, Del. Scores S38 Ia Three Games. WILMINGTON, Del, Dec. 29 With 8 perfect score lo two games and a to tal of 858 in three, WE. Roach of this city has broken the world's Lowliing record a: : The best previous score for three Reed of Omabia, Neb, who rolled S45 ou Feb. 15 last, E Me, Roach, who [8 cue .of the fore most bowlers of the country, wus chal lenged by a local was to roll a game In the first contest Roach made a score of 258. and lu the second his total was a perfect score of 300. His opponent then dropped out. A third game was started. Again Roach made 39, or a total of =59 for the three gues tie Glen Gallant and Kiag Cele. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 28 Glen Gal laut, well ridden aud with a lot io re serve at the end. and Klug ole, out classiug bis company and winuing ia a canter. Were the successful favorites at the fair grounds. The track was heavy, and Dauiel C, Jack Lory and Gbats all tired (n the golug Trigg Morse, fa- vorite In the fifth race. was allowed to swerve turuing into the stretch, and this ended his chances Deadlock Over O'Brien's Election. CHICAGO, Dec. 29 —-A deadlock de veloped at the annual weeting of mew- bers of the Awerican Association of Baseball clubs, and as a result Pres! dent Joseph D. O'Brien of Milwaukee will remain at the head of the assocla- tion. Four clubs favor O'Brien and four oppose him. In consequence no election was beld and officers will hold over. There will be no split In the as- sociation O'Brien to Fight Hart, PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 29 — Jack O'Brien. who defeated Bob Fitzaim- ous, will mneet Marvin Hart of Louls ville in a Oulsk fdght for the Leavy welglit championship of the world The Reno Athletic club of Reno Nev, of fers to bang up a purse of $20000 for a Agisk go between himself aud Marvin Hart, to be pulled off at Reno on April 15 Basil Was Disqualified. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 29 At City Park, although the track was heavy, the sport was interesting Three of seven favorites were bLeateu, the last being Bazll, which finished first. but was dis- qualified for carrylug Father Tallent more than balf the width of the home stretch in the last half furlong Feansyivania Now Leads. NEW YORK. Dec. 29 ~The Univers!- ty of Pennsylvaula players won two gawes in the Triangular College Chess league tournament end took the lead over Cornell and Brown, with a total score of 3 points. Cornell and Brown are tied for second honors, each with 1% polots Gondeolus Got a Place. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 28.—Four fa- vorites and two short priced second cholces wou at Ascot. The flelds were large, but the class was ordinary. Gon- dolus, at 100 to 1, wus placed In the sixth race. Distributor at Ingleside. BAN FRANCISCO, Dec 29 Favor ites won three races at lugleside. Dis tributer, at 7 te 1, Ia the sevond race, and Hilee, at @ to 1, fu the fifth race, were the longest priced Liorses to win Little Gisl Shet With Toy Pistol. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J, Dec. 20.— Besale Ang, the little girl abot lu the Lead by John Adams, a Luv, during a Christinas eatertalnment, 1s dead io the hospital The ad ls held Iu custody awaniliug the action of the corvner Young Adama sat behind the little girl during the entertainment. He bad a swull pistol, which he first said only shot biaok cartridges, but later admit ted cuutained a ball cartridge As the winister sald, “Ome, two, three,” to start the class elaging young Adams finished the sentence by saying. “Fire” He shot the pistol, and the bullet lodged in the girl's bead Sage Loaned $86,000,000 at 90. NEW YORK, Dec. 29. —Call money In Wall street brought the highest rate since December, 1809, when it touched ING per cent. It opened at 30 per cent aud then jumped to 60, 75, ww and 100 per cent. Within dve minutes wore It reached 110 per ceut and shortly after 11 o'clock a loan of $400,000 at 125 per cent, the Lighest figure, was reported. Russell Sage, through Lis represcuta tive, was reported to have losned $4, U0. 000 at 90 to 10 per cent Twenty-five Men Drowned. VICTORIA, B. C., Dec 29 About tweuty five mien, It Is believed, were drowned when the British bark Pass of Melfort foundered un the rocks off Amphitrite point. The salvage steamer Salvor, welotulued at Esquimalt by Lluyd's sgency and the Canadian EON ernment, has started for the sunken ship, from which wreckage is still cow lug sshore Earihquake at Kingston. KINGSTON, St. Vincent, Dee. 29.- A severe shock of earthquake, accom panied bY a rumbling uolse, was expe rienced bere, somewhat alarming the inhabitants, A slighter shock was felt & few days ago. The colouy ls mpldly Improving agriculturally, the present sea {sland cotton crop surpassing the highest expectations Japanese Nid Not Use Porvee. WASHINGTON, Dee, 20.<In a pri. vate letter to n friend In this city Dur. han White Stevens, diplomatic adviser to the § on § jn LIGHT ON DARK WAYS State Superintendent Denies He Got Forty Thousand. § | Witness Said That Dr. Powell of Foughkeepsie Had “Political Pare- sls Keown as Big Head.” __ Pays Very indigaant. | NEW YORK, Dec. 29. -Light in the dark corners of McCunly bistory shone i frow the candles held by wituesses {or the Armstroug committee when J. Hy der Cady, a lawyer once employed by various Prussian lnsurauce (companies {told of “the little door” from the sup ply department through which a man Introduced by Lysander Lawrence took him to McCurdy's office. Me swvaso't sure whether or oot Audy Fields was the wan Payson bad decided to let ia certalo Prussian companies He sent Cady to inform McCurdy. The Mutu al's president was grieved He thought his views ought not to be over ridden by the superintendent,” sald Mr Cady. At last, according to the wit ness, McCurdy said “Is there auy reason why you should not accept a retainer ino behalf of the Mutual Life? Cady sald there was every reason. The lnterview ended George G. Haven, a director lu the Mutual Life. informed Mr, Hughes and the committee that Mr MeCurdy's sal ary had been raised to $100.00 hy a committee appointed by the president himself. McCurdy didn't mention that fact when he was on the stand. Robert Hunter. first deputy in the state department aud head of the New York office, admitted that he knew of Hotelman Brockway's employment at $300 a week by the Mufual Reserve, which he balanced by “letting Pres! dent Burnham have $6,000" When Mr Hughes asked why that item was left out of the department's report Hunter raid “Mr. Vanderpoel was in charge of the examination. and | didn't whisk i wy duty te luterfere * “You were his superior” “1 wasn't making the report” The witness told how Dr Powell of Poughkeepsie was discharged from the service of the Equitable because he couldu’t agree with Hunter, who sald the doctor wasn't “in his class” Dr Powell wanted to be mayor. “He was struck with political paresis kuowon as big bead.” sald the witness Jolin J. Merrill, tax clerk in the state cotptrollers office, told of the tax money returned to various companies after the Provident Life had won its test case. This was the matter for which Andy Hamliton got paid twice over. The New York Life and the Mu tual recovered over $200,000 each. Former State Superintendent of In surance Lou Payn denied the story that he had recelved $40,000 from the Mutual Reserve for allowing it to make out its own report. Mr. Payn was very dramatic in waking bis denial. and Le declared that auy man who niide such a proposition to him would be lucky to get out of his office with his bead on Probisg Andy Hamilton's Methods. NEW YORK, Dec. 29 Thowas | Fowler, chairman of the special cow mittee of the board of trustees of the New York Life Insurance company, Kuve out the appended statement for the committee last night: “The commit tee 1s enguged in a thorough examina tivn of the Hamilton watter and will at Its coucluslon wake a special report on the subject to the board of trustees Fatality After Dance. BROOKS, Ga, Dec. 29 - One man was killed and three others seriously wounded In a shooting aflray at the bowe of Touy Hiles, a few wiles south of here. A dance was lu progress, and two youug wen quarreled about a part ner. The two were ordersd out of the bouse by Biles. Biles rau out with his shotgun, and a fusillade followed participated In by a large crowd. re sulting in the death of Tony Biles and the serious wounding of Jolin W_ Good in, Lander Goodin and Frank Morris Quarry Paymaster Robbed of $3,000, NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J. Dec. 0 Paywaster Willlam Schieck of the Delaware River Quarry and Coustruc thon company aud William F Harkins who ls also connected with the com pany, were beld up by five masked med ubout a nile from this city and robbed of a satchel containing $3,000 Little Tots Went Through Ice. ELMIRA, NY. Dec 29 Cecil and Laura Ward, small children, while ou thelr way home from Watkins to Mon tour Falls were drowned lo the aban doued Chemung cansl, near here They were trudging home when they fell through the ce where a creek caiptied into the canal . Joy Morton le Hetter, NEBRASKA CITY, Neb, Dee, 29 Joy Morton of Chleago, who was badly injured by being thrown from bis borse, Is now conscions, but 1s suffertug considerably from shock and a concus slow of the brain. Attending physicians speak hopefully of his recovery Will Ralse Prophet's Banner. CONSTANTINOPLE. Dev 29 Po litheal circles here are discussug the probability of a general rising of the Mohammedan population of the Can casus and of western aud central Asia American Bar te Meet at *i. Paal CHICAGO, Dec. 29 The exsciitive cammittee of the Aterican Bar assoc) ation last night decided to hold the next annual wectiog of the association in St, Paul Aug. 29 30 sad 31. 1906. You will alweys find something xl here at this season of . Little odd lots in Dress Goods, ilks, ete, marked” from one-third to one- half below former prices. Hosiery | Department Boys’ school hose, wide rib, extra heavy quality, worth 15¢, Saturday 9c the pair, 3 pairs for 25c. Ladies’ Outing Gowns ITS £1.00 kind, nicely trimmed, 5 full length and roomy. Stara mae. 75¢ kind, with or without collars. Saturday 6% Sateen Skirts 75 kind. made of good qualify mercerized sateen Saturday Be, : $1.25 kind, made of English mer- cerized sateen, permanent finish. Saturday 95¢ Outings One case best make outings, li and dork alors, and one a ings, both regular 10¢ fabrics, abou 75 styles to chicose from. Saturday -1 Dress Goods 45¢ for 59¢ Panama, full 38 finest quality pure wool, black colors. 45¢ ty 59¢ for 75¢ Panama, 44 in., blacks and colors, pure wool. 59¢ - : yn ic for 100 Panamas, 58 in. wide, black and colors. Now ia the time to buy. 79¢ 5x Odds and Ends in Silks’ Plaids and Fancies, Moires and Changeables, greatly reduced fo close. Come in and secure ohesof these bargains. Linen Department 60 and 62 in. Bleached and Un- bleached Table Damask, several; patterns to choose from. Sold every. 3 where for 60c, Saturday 48¢. The (ilobe Warehouse Table Linens are finding favor Try a cloth, a s—— Globe Warehotise, Talmadge Block. Elmer Ave. VALLEY PHONR . Lehigh Valley Coal HARD AND SOFT WOOD Best Quality & Prompt Delivery Guaranteed —— Bradford treet Yard Phoas, 1884 : Office at wood Hauap Stare, » y Roth "Phones 5 CONTRAGTOR AND BUILDER. Plans and Estimates Furnished 525 Stevenson St., Sayre, Pa, JOHN C. PECKALL Foreign and Domestic Fru Olive Oil - Quart 850, Gallon § 16 different kinds of Macaronl prices for this week. * No. « Rlizabeth St.. Wave R. H. DRISLANE, Contractor and Builder Plans and Estimates 12 Linwoln St C.J. C
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