“ ' PRICE ONE CENT WALLACE HELD UP Ex-Engineer of Paoama Work Scores Secretary Taft o coal as there is 00D WOOD WOOD Fozsale in Athens, 13 ESTATE Sayre and Waverly. doesent INSURANCE De Deval dam —Exchanged — Loans Negotiated IY Packasr Ave., Phone 230x, Sayre, Pa. J. CLAREY COAL CO. Lehigh Valley Coal RD AND 8 SOFT WOOD Quay & P Prompt Delivery Guaranteed Street Yard Phone, 1354 A TR EL AND REAL ESTATE. something to Jroiect heal ae, ng just now SOME. au will brace you : a appe- your blood Tenstiruction Corps Was Demoralized Beenuse They Had Sern Their "Chief Diseredifed—YNot Permit ted to Send In a Heport. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. Johu F. Wal lure, former chief engineer of the isth- wian cand], was again Defore the sen- ate committee on interoceanic canals. He gave a minute account of the coun- ditions he found on the isthmus and the difficulties be encountered In getting material and supplies and the delays that occurred fu Slilng requisitions While he was cabling to have the orders expedited, he sald, he recgived wordafrein Admiral Walker that calle grams cost money. It was a delicate hint. be sakl. that he had Detter not use the cables so much Mr. Wallace sald to the committee that he did » year's work and that his successors bad no benefit of his analy: sis or recommendations, “because,” he said, “the secretary of war told me be did pet want it and had no use for me except on the Isthmus as & directing sngineer. He was so angry iu bis man ner that he all but cursed me. “The work I did,” said Mr. Wallace, “extended over a complete year, tak ing in dry and wet seasons. 1 was working slong a definité programme JOHN FF. WALLACE. which 1 Intended to put In writing In my aunusl report and would have done 80 If I bad been permitted to make a report. I axperimented with the French excavators so as to tell whether It would be the, more economical to use or destroy these machines, which cost probably $30,000,000. | experimented far enough to know that these ma- chines were not fit for use.” The organization was demoralized, be said, for the reason that the men had seen their chlef discredited and knew that a successor was to be appointed whe would not be in sympathy with the work that be bad started. Mr. Wallace sald that in all his ex- perience in railroad construction he never Lad seen men better fed and boused than they were ou the isthmus, The complaints, he said, came from clerks who went to the isthmus from Washington or New York who bad got the idea from musical comedies that life In a tropical climate was to lie In hammocks and enjoy themselves. Efforts to establish a Young Men's Christian assoclation on the isthmus for the benefit of the canal employees was stopped because of au official ob- Jection to It, said Mr. Wallace. He was asked to be more explicit and sald that Governor Magoon had sald that Secre- tary Taft did not wish the work to go on. Mr, Wallace thought this was be- cause the community was Catholle. He did not favor the eight hour day and recommended that as few restric tions as possible should be placed on Mr, Stevens and that the “wolves should be kept off his back’ If the eanal work should be let by contract, sald Mr Wallace, it would increase the contract price about 20 per cent He thought the man In charge should be permitted to get his men fu China, Japan, Indias, Spain or where he pleased. Repert of Canal Commission. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—The report of the Isthmian canal commMsion trans. mitting to the secretary of war the majority and minority reports of the beard of cousnitinig engineers, together with the views of the canal commission, has been laid before Begretary Taft The commission's report sets out the reasons which Influenced all of the commissioners save Admiral Endicott to accept the viaws of the minority of the beard of consulting engineers rath- er than the majority, which favored the digging of a sea level canal Twe Found Dead at Sterling. STERLING, Mass, Feb, 7.— Luke A. Burpee, sged seventy-five years, and Mrs. Margaret Griffin, aged eighty-five years, were found dead In thelr homes early In the morning. Burpee lived aleve and when found was sitting up- right In a rocking chalr. Death was dus to heart disease ln both cases, Mrs, Griffin lived with ber son aud daughter and was found lying on the floor dead. Will Investigate Valencia Wreelk. WASHINGTON, Feb, 7.-By direc tion of the president a searching luves- tion will be made by a special com- Into the disaster (0 the steam the const of Vancouver. ee = RUNAWAY TRAIN WRECK. Nertharn Pacific In Collision Year Helens, Mont; Three Dead. HELENA, Mout. Feb. 7—A runaway freight train on the Northera Pacific crashed into a passenger train about twe and 3 half miles from here re sulting (n the death of three persons whose names are known and of two others who were bnrued In the wreck and whose uames Lave not yet been learned. The known dead are J. 8 Roblpson of Missoula, Mont: Charles B. Rickle, conductor on passenger, and 8 J. Jes Sup, EXpress messenger. Edward Brown of this city, brake man, wes probably fatally Injured Other passengers were glightly injured. Every coach in the passenger train was burned. The freight train, which was made up of cag loaded with lum- ber, was also burned. The passenger traln preceded the freight out of Austin, about eight miles west of Helena. At Austin the engine wis detached from the freight There fs a heavy grade from Austin to Hel ena, and the freight got loose. The passenger train was waiting at a cross. ing when thé freight came thundering down. Before it ®ould get out of the way the freight crashed into ft, throw. ing all the passenger cars into the ditch. The passenger engine became uncoupled and kept on the track ahead of the freight. After the freight had ran a quarter of a mile beyond the passetiger it went loto the ditch and eaught fire. A carioad of shingles was dumped ou the passenger train wreck and made a terrific fire. Messénger Jessup was burned alive while four persond were trying to pull him out of the wreck. He was caught under wreckage and could not be mov- ed, Fipally the fire became so hot that the rescuers had to give up the task . Jessup, still conscious, cried, “It fa bard to lie here and burn to death.” He struggled to release himself as the fire took hold of bis limbs, but the ef- fort was fruitless, and after a few screams of dgouy unconsciousness came to bim. CONVICT WINS $25,000 PRIZE. inmaté of Nebraska Penitentiary Made Begt Guess. LINCOLN, Neb, Feb. 7—The win- ner of the $25,000 prise for correctly naming the attendance at the St. Louis exposition In 1004 is Frank Campbell, a comvict iu the Nebraska state peniten. tiary, who still has about one year to pserve. Campbell was convicted of em- bezzlement. He will receive only 912,500 of the prize, as he, fearing grave difficulty in securing the motey while he was im- prisoned, agreed to pay a lawyer half of the prize In case of success in secur ing It Campbell's, Attorney has had a con ference with him at the penitentiary in regard to the disposition of the money, which will be received in a few days. The convict will be unable to use the money uri his sentence bas expired. Chinese Commissioners at West Point WEST POINT, N. Y., Feb. 7.«Mem- bers of the Chinese Imperial commis sion who are studying American lnsti- tutions visited the West Polut Military academy, On account of the Intense cold it was necessary to abandon a re- view of the corps of cadets which had been planned for thelr Inspection. The CAYAITY corps, however, was assembled in the riding academy, where the young horsemen executed a variety of tac tics. Brigadier General Albert IL. Mlils, superintendent of the academy, con. ducted the visiting Chinese through the various departments. Bonaparte Entertains on Mayfiower. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. — For the first time since Aug. B of last year, the historic day on which he brought Rus- sia and Japan together in friendly con- ference on board the Mayflower at Oys- ter bay, the president was again io the historic cabin of the vessel last night at a dinner given him by Secretary Bons parte. The approach to the vessel was lined with incandescent lights, and the Dolphin and Mayflower were decorated with festoons of incandescents from the mastheads. The Marine band orchestra and a mandolin trio furnished music. - Seareh Party Arvives Tee Late. PATERSON, N. J, Feb. 7-H. A. Nobbs, treasurer of the Federal Clay Manufacturing company of this city, Las committed suleide in a hotel here by shooting himself through the head Nobbs lived at Hackensack, where his life with his wife and two children was sald to be a happy one. Before faking bis life Nobbs mailed letters to his wife and to several friends telling them of bis Intention. A searching party ar rived at the Paterson hotel too late Vote to Oust Dolan and Bellingham. PITTSBURG, Feb. T7.—Just before adjourning the delegates of the local district of the United Mine Workers succeedad in passing by 8 vote of 00 to € a resolution demanding the resigna. tions of President Patrick Dolan Vice President Uriah Bellingham and Sec; retary Treasurer Dodds because they voted with the operators at Indianapo iis to sustain the present wage scale, Power House Destroyed by Flre. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 7.—The pow- or house of the University of Pennsyl. vanla, at Thirty fourth and Bpruce streets, was damaged Ly fire last night to the extent of $80,000. The power plant suppited light and power for nearly all the buildings of the univer sity. Prince Metternich Dead at Vienna. son of thie ¥ NO WOMAN IN CASE Count Boni Values Money ss Pebbles on the Seashore. GOULDS T0.HOLD A FAMILY COUNCIL Reot of Treuble Between the Ouatel- lanes Appears te Be Spendthrift Habits of the Husband and His Winning Ways. PARIS, Feb. 7.—1It Is now sald that ne woman's pame will appear in the De Castellane divorce case. Count Boul absolulely deufes the story of his too warm friendship for a distinguish. ed duchess, and it sms to be certain that her name will not be mentioned in the proceedings. The root of the quarrel appears to Bave been solely the spending of the money which came Count Bauj's way COUNTESS DE CASTELLANE. through his marriage with a daughter careful of mouey as of pebbles on the seashore, Although the countess is protected against the squandering of her for tune by the terms of the marriage set- tiement, ber husband has the winsome manner and the fluent tongue so often sharacteristic of spendthrifts, and it is Got surprising that the wife has fre quently yielded to the Lusband's per. suasive speech. It is sald of Count Boni that he can when he pleases wake even men belleve that black Is white The money question ultimately pro- duced a state of tension from which the countess’ nerves suffered till her mind attained that point of (rritabliity when the slightest event might provoke a catastrophe. Such an event huppen- ed, and the catastrophe followed Dedpite all this, it is learned that the situation Is pot firremediable. It is true that proceedings bave been be- gun, but they are only for a separa- tion, It is now said, and not for an ab- solute divoree, and even If carried to a final issue they will not cut the knot In.the meantime judgment may be de livered, according to the French pro cedure, solely upon the papers in the case without the calling of a single witness and without a single fact be coming public. This dewonstrates the injustice of mentioning any woman's name in connection with the case. The story which Involves the nawe of a certain woman rests solely on Idle rumor. Count Bon! possesses the vir- tues and the failings of his race. He ls brave, gallant and courteous, and wo- men admire him, It is sufficient In France sometimes for a man and a woman fo be seen talk- ing together for malice to put the worst construction on their relations An intimate friend of the Goulds sald that, while all approved the action of the countess In seeking a legal separa- tion, two of them, Mrs. George J Gould and Miss Helen Gould, were opposed to divorce proceedings. That the whole matter may be re ferred to a family council, It was de clared, George J. Gould had cabled the countess to ‘come home" and to bring her children with her The cable to the countess urges her to visit Georgian Court, her brother's Lakewood home. If she comes she will bring her three chlldren—George, Boal and Jay. Situation In China Critical WASHINGTON, Feb, 7. — Reports continue to pour iuto the department of state from diplomatic and consular sgents iu China regarding the rapid In- crease of feeling against Americans and things American as expressed in edicts issued by local authorities In va- rious parts of the eawpire. For six months the situation in China has been the subject of very genuine concern to the departmeny Mouse Thunks Casto and Crew, TRENTON, N. 1, Feb. 7.—The house passed a joint resolution returning the thanks of the state to Captain Mark Casto and his crew for rescuing the passengers and crew of the steamer Cherokee at Atlantic City, The bill authorizing the erection of a monu- went at Salem Church, Va, lu honor'dbr the Twenty thin regiment of New Jer: sry was passed Tramp Murderer Shot by Negro. THOMASVILLE, NC, Feb, 7—-8ec tion Master Hughes was shot and kill ed near here by David Darr of Lexlug ton; an tramp who was trying to force f ride on the band car and who was fmmedintely shot and killed by one of the negro section hands, who snatched Darr's pistol as Darr was endeavoring to escape Frigid at Davenport (enter, ¥, Y. KINGBTON, N. X., Feb SANDS AGAINST JIUDO. Commandant of Naval Academy Will Abolish Japanese Wrestling, WABSHINGIUAN, Feb 7 -Jiudo, the Japanese style of wrestiing, will be abolished from the Naval academy If Bear Admiral Sands, the commandant of the academy, is permitted to have his way. The testimony of Admiral Sands be fore the Bouse committee on naval af- fairs which bas just been made public, shows that be thinks but little of the style of wrestling popularized Ly the president's attitude toward it When asked by members of the com mittee what be belleved the value of Jiudo to be Adiniral Sands replied “I expect to make an adverse report upoti the Jupangse method when [ am called upon to act. With my present light I should report agmiust this par ticular kind of wrestling. | do not think the Japanese method ls in any way preferable to ours. A man is more apt to be Injured or abused. | think it Is & trick. 1 think you cau injure & man more seriously, and the more you kuow about It the more temptation there is to injure an adversary, aud I do not think that Intentional injury is the spirit of sporta’ Admiral Sands sald the instructions in boxing hassaothing to do with any predisposition to fighting at the acad- emy aud that hereafter there will be no fist fights at Annapolis. “I have issued orders, whieh have been accepled by the midsbipmen In good faith, that the cadet and petty of. ficers of the brigade of midshipmen, 114 In number, shall do the duty of offi cers day and night” sald Admiral Bands “They command their companies just exactly as In the army Officers and noncommissioned officers are on duty all the time to check any disturbance There Is no probabliity of any infrac tion which will not be reported by one of these officers.” Outsider Won nt Ascot, LLOBE ANGELES, Cal, Feb. 7—The bandicap event at Ascot was won by the extreme outsider, Ramus, at 6 to 1 Every horse iu the rgce was supported, and Good Luck was a strong post fa vorite. Charley started for the first time in the third race and won handily from Bribery. Michael Burne, the fa. vorite in the fifth, broke down Io the last éighth of a wile and had to be de stroved. Hoodwink, at 8 to 1, won the race from Taveuness, at 10 to 1 Spirited Race at Oakland. BAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7 — There was a spirited race for the long end of the purses between Graceful and Cer ro Santo in the third race at Oakland Only a neck separated the pair at the wire, and Walsh outrode Hérbert and won the race. E. M. Brattain made the pace to the paddock, and although he hung on gamely the route was a lit. tle too long for Lim. and he dropped into third place Racing nt Clty Park Track. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 7-Golle, LI bation, Alma Dufour and Fonsoluca were the winning favorites at City park. Red Ruler, favorite in the fifth, ran a bad race aud quit entirely at the end of five furlongs Three Favorites Won. NEW ORLEANS, Feb 7 Proteus, Nine and Joe Lesser were the winning favorites at the Falr grounds track Proteus was run up $300 and bought in Jerome After Insurance Grafters. NEW YORK, Feb 7 Witnesses In one of the life insurance cases which bare been under examination by the district attorney's office were notified to be ln readiness to appear before the grand jury tomorrow. This will be the first active step taken by District At torney Jerome in criminal prosecution of life insurance offenders. Mr. Jerome, it is stated, has practically decided up on a large number of prosecutions and is only awalting the publication of the report of the legislative Investigating committee for the additional light it will throw upon some of the matters Involved Sympathy Messages Fer Castro. CARACAS, Fely 7—Dr. Rafael Lo pez Baralt bas Leen appointed Venezue lan official plenipotentiary to settle with the Colomblan government a treaty of navigation, froutiers aud frontier com merce and transit. Venezuela considers that the French incident closed with the rupture of diplomatic and commercial relations. The Venezuelan government, however, hopes for a renewal of rela tions between the next French miuls try. President Castro Is receiving mes sages of sympathy from other South American republics Ohio For Two Cent Fare, COLUMBUS, O, Feb, 7.—The house by a vote of 104 to 1 passed the Freiner blll providing for a waxiwum rate of 2 cents per wile on rulironds. The sen ate, it (8 sald by leaders of that body, will accept the Frelner LIL which will §0 Into effect thirty days after it Is signed by the governor Wreck om Oregon Road, PORTLAND, Ore, Feb. 7.—Four per. sous were killed and teu were more or less seriously injured In a collision Le tween two passenger trains on the Ore. gou Railroad nnd Navigation compa- ay's line pear Bridal Vell, Ore Saginaw Man to Oppose Alger. DETROIT, Mich, Feb 7 Arthur HHI of Saginaw, a wealthy lumberman, has made formal announcement of his candidacy for the United States senate in opposition to Scuator R.A. Alger In 1007. ING Artist an Suleide, BIRMIN AM, Ala, Feb, 7.- George formerly of re; TALKS AGAINST WAR Bchurinan of Cornell Makes Peace Plea at+Geneva. EVIL IN DOMINANT MILITARY SPIRIT Ne Need, He sald, For Russias and Jap, Briton aad Boer, American and Spaniard to Plunge Inte Useless Conflict. GENEVA, N.Y, Feb. 7.—The New York state grange, which has opened Its annual meeting bere, was addressed last night by President Jacob G. Schur. man of Coruell university, whose sub- Ject was “Public Opiulon and Public Policies.” President Schurman spoke in Smith's Operas House. following au address of welcome to the visitors by Mayor Rose dnd a response by E. B Norris, master of the grange. He sald iu part * “As 1 look abroad on the world the tuost disheartening feature which I ob serve is the universal dominance of the military spirit, the enormons o apital which It annually consomwes and the corresponding impoverishment of the massea of the peogle who pay the taxes for this military extrevagance “One would ssy In advance that if there Id any luterest which concerns all classes of the population it is surely peace and public econoiny. Yet under every form of government there are fa vored classes who desire government extravagance because they profit by it and who welcome even war as a hal cyén time for personal enrichment Who plunged Russia into her fateful conflict with Japan? Was any na tional Interest at stake? It is openly stated and widely beliuved that the war was due solely to the selfish mo- tives of scheming bureaucrats. Or con sider the war waged by Great Britain against the Boers In Routh Africa. The teclmical cause of the war was n Jqif- fernuce of opinion concerning a treaty or vention between the Trausvan) and Great Britain. But now that the Boers In South Africa Bave been deci mated, now that hundreds of millions of dollare have been added to the Brit ish national debt, now that Eugliah and Dutch In South Africa are commbluing to secure home rule, people tn England are asking soberly who bas benefited by the war and whether iL was notH really brought about by the selfish machinations of the mine owners of the Rand. Our own war with Spain was not, I think, due to the action of any special elass of our pdople; it was precipitated by an explosion of popular feeling which resulted from the sink- ing of the Maine in the harbor of [a- vans. But whatever the cause, It en- tailed beavy expenditures and in the Phillippines grievous loss of life “In pleading for peace one pleads for security of human life and for the wel fare of overtuxed populations. Think of the hundreds of thousands of good men — Russians, Japanese, English, Dutch, Awmerleans and Filipinos—who bave been killed in the last saven years on the geld of battle or miserably per- ished from disease or exposure Think of the still larger number of children and women who have been wade or plans and widows. Think of the non combatants whose homes bave been de- stroyed and whose flelds bave been desolated. Does not the horrible tale nightily exhort mankind to find some bumane wethod of adjusting Interna tional difficulties? “But the most startling example Is found at bome. We have for wany years past been paying over $140,000, 000 a year In pensions, and no one grudges nnything to the brave soldiers who saved the Uunlon. But since 1807 the annual expenditures of our war de- partiuent have risen from $48 000,000 to $122,000,000 and of our navy depart ent from $34,000,000 to $117,000,000 No wonder that the total expenditures of the government of the United States have during the same Interval risen from $363,000,000 to §387,000,000 “Gentlemen, you cannot eat your cake and have It too. If you now spend on your naval and military establishments $280,000,000 a year, whereas elglt years ago you spent only $82 000,000, the people of the United States have pow §$107,000,000 a year less than they bad in 1807 to spend on themselves or to invest in productive enterprises This euormous sum of money Is taken fron your pockets annually In the form of taxes. Meanwhile the New York state commissioner of education Las just assured us there is far less {literacy among the leading nations of Europe than there is in the United States. Instead of our vast and costly preparations for war, vught not a great clvilized nation like ours to Aght this Ignorance at home “For the Good of the Service” WASHINUTON, Fob. T.-The presi dent has accepted the resignation of Flrst Lieutenant Kent Browning of the Fourth United States fufantry, to take effect at ounce, “for the good of the service” Lieutenant Browning, recent ly stationed at Fort Sheridan, HL, was convicted by court martial of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman on account of intemperance Woman and Children Found Dead BOSTON, Feb 7 A woman and four children were found dead in bed at their home, 29 Denuls street, Rox bury district, last night. An lnvestiga tien by the police Indicated that the woman, Mrs. Annie L. Dixon, had kill ed the children and herself by opening three gas jets Faoe of Country Is Changed, TUTUILA, Samno, Feb. 7.-A sharp shock of earthquake was felt here at 480 p. m. The volcano on the island of Bavall, in German Samo, is more The « Mid Winter Sale of Seasonable Merchandise Comforts $1 25 kind, now 08c. 1 50 kind, now $1.18. 1.75 kind, now 138 2.00 kind, now 1.58. 225 kind, now 188, Wool Blankets White with pink or blue borders, $100 kind, now y218 70 kind, now 398, 75 kind, now 4 18. 50 kind, now 4.48, 50 kind, now 5.38 : 50 kind, now 6.28 Il grey wool blankets propor- tionately reduced. Prype Cotton Blankets oc kind, white and grey, 08¢. 85¢ kind, white and grey, 78¢. 3 00 kind, white and grey, 88¢c.- 1.50 kind, white and grey, $1.18, 1.75 kind, grey, $1.38, Ladies’ and Children’s Golf Vests The kind cardinai, 68e. §1.25 kind, cardinal, 98¢. 8150 children's, cardinal and white, $1.18 , cardinal and white, 3 | 6 LH . §1 is ladies’ $148 $250 ladies’, cardinal and white, $103 $275 ladies’, cardinal and white, $2 38 ea . . . 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