the celebrated : dk coal and all kinds of Ee ocareve stan eraoss sibs ih ty Days Owing te Sintement of Fellow Prisoner—Execution Was te Be Tomorrow. ~ TRENTON, N. 1. Feb. 22 Governor Stokes bas granted a reprieve Tor thir. ty days to Rufus Johuson, colored, who was sentenced to be hanged in Mount tomorrow for the murder of J. N. Weaver, “ E. E. Reynolds, Sayre and Waverly. Seas INSURANCE rt a — Huohanged — Javstmont Loans Negotiated 117 Packer Ave., © Walley Phone RIOX, Sayre, Pa. AD. CLAREY COAL 0. = lohigh Valley Coal ‘BARD AND B SOFT WOOD Be gully & Prompt Dury Guaranteed onJan 18 Mr Atkinson, the prosecutor in the case, had certified to the governor by wire that he woukl come to Treuton and wake the application, aud Supreme governor that the reprieve should be granted in view of the confession of George Small that it was be and net Johnson who killed the woman. The reprieve is for the purpose of giving the Burliugton county officials time to make a further lovestigation. Mr, Atkinson will not give out a copy of BSmall’'s confession, but he says Small struck the first blow with a cherry club snd does not absolve Johu- son from all blame. Small was taken to Johnson's cell and, shaking bands, Rufus, this Is too bad. I tter, but they thought I was lying." confession made by Small was in Tn presence of Prosecutor Atkin. son and Griffith W. Lewis. The Aint intimation that a confession was cem- ing from Small was apparent when Detective Lore took Mra Small to the call of her husband, to whom she said. “George, they kuow [tall | was net at home oun Jap. 18, and I am not going to lle any more’ This broke down the defense of Small aud he at once weak- ened. Mrs. Small, wife of the second se cused mau, was arrested and commit- ted to jall where she is beld as a wit ness against ber husband. Of course she camnot testify against bim, but from her the Authorities can secure mugh valuable Information. Sbe had made some admissions, but it cangot be learnad whether they relate to He murder or some robberies, Mrs Swall- bas always maintained that she was home on Jan. 18 from 10a m te dp =m. the time Small was absent from Dugan farm, snd that ber husband was home with ber during those hours, but a detective has ascer- that Mrs. Small was thea In est Phlladélphia, working under an assumed name, The murder of Mise Allinson, a young Englishwoman, whe was straogled to Aeath in a barn om the Clothier es- rred thik seetiom of the eoun- the arrest of Johnsen, it was feared that the be attacked by angry negro taken out and HE 113 tif an rout he a that Johnson It was proved beyond t be was on the Clothier place time Miss Allinson was and struck on the head with stool. But in spite of this evidence the condemned megro has de clared that he was innocent, “I dida't do It,” Johnson declared. Bmall did It He was with me. robbed the house, but I never touched the white lady.” 1 A Possible Solution by Germaay. BERLIN, Feb. 23 —-The Cologne Ga- zette sxpresses the opinion that a pos- sible solution of the Moroosan police uestion lies In the appointment of nob and Spanish officers ever & na- to satisfy France's wishes, iw ¥6 Has the Pinest Auto. YORK, Feb. 32-G. W. Per of J. Plerpoat Morgan, is the of the finest private automo- bile in the world. Every morning and ovening be is carried to and from his country home In Riverdale, N. Y, In a machine which cost hima $23,000 lo cold oesh upd Is surrounded by every coavealence and luxury which money can make possible. Battle Monement nt Salem Church, TRENTON, N, J, Feb, 20.—-The sen: ate after a long discussion passed the the purpose is to erect a monument plece of ground bought by Gen- urd Grubb, who was the colo Twonty-thind regiment, and donated Ly him to the regi: A Cheap Trip to the Const. CAGO, Feb. 22.-Annpuncement that the Harriman lines will a round trip rate of $75 from Chicage te Portland, Sam Francisco ROOBEVELTS LETTER Mumphrey Says President Does Unnecessary Thisgs. CHICAGO, Feb. 22 — Afters long fight, in which the government prosecutcr de- clared that President Roosevelt bad no power to speak for the attorusay gener: als office, 8 letter written by Mr. Roosevelt was admitted in evidence in the beef packers’ Immunity case here This was the letter to Attorney General Moody saying the buredu of corpora tions and the department of justice were working together In the beef trust cases. Commissioner of Corporations Gar feild afterward want on the stand and denied he bad promised Immunity to {Who says (he president does unneeessary things.) the packers in return for Information about their business. He declared be had not used confidential information against them. A oepy of the president's letter, which had been authenticated by Mr. Moody when be was on the stand, was offered In evideucs by John §. Miller, counsel for the packers. The district attorney objected. “This letter is Immaterial,” declared Mr. Morrisen. “It Is written by no person who could bind the government. The president cennot bind the government, more than auy oue else. He Is the high- est officer of the government, but still he Is only an officer. “I know of no law giving the pres! dent power to begin a suit like this, and there is no evidence Liere that he bad anything to do with the starting of the sult. That is the duty of the attorney general.” Pur Asay In Orient Must Be Ready. WASHINGTON, Feb. 22-Chairmanu Kull of the military affairs committee In presenting the army appropriation bill 0 the bouse urged the necessity of eomplete preparedness as fo our ar- my and navy for trouble In the orient He declared that any mation not pre- pared to defend its position In China might as well baul down its flsg and quit the Peeific. Incidentally Mr. Hull pronounged Minister Reeklll at Peking guilty of iadiscretion in Indicating te Chinese officials that the United States (nbonded returning the £20, 000,000 Bex- sr indemnity, Statements of this kind, be sald, would be taken the Chingse 68 an indication that thy ted Btates was afraid rather than liberal. Stepped Of Traian te Death, ENOXVILLE, Tenn. Feb. 22. —Lhe mangled bodies of three whites mea were found beneath an eighty foot trestle of the Louisville and Nashville railroad, near the rallroad bridge seross the Tennessee river. They were Wiliam Dupsaway, William Ra and James Gamble. All were unmar ried and residents of this vielnity. Duasaway and Tuspin were thirty years of age and Gamble only sixteen. They ware farmers and bad probably stepped from the train Immediately after the station name had beem called while the train was standing on the trestle. Negro Farmers’ Congress. TUSKEGEE, Ala, Feb. 22 — Negro (armars from every southern state met bere for the fiftieth annual convention of the Tuskeges negro conference, Teachers and representatives from @oat of the negre educational institu. ons in the south and from thirty states and the District of Columbia w present. President Booker T. whe presided, congratu- ries on its progress and em- reg the privelples of industrial sducation for the negro. Ne Reprieve Fer Hoeh. CHICAGO, Feb, 22. — “Blusbeard” Hoch bas been denied a reprieve by the board of pardons. He was conf. dent that be would be grauted either # pardop or & new trial, and the news that = reprieve had been denied him same a8 a great surprise. He winced perceptibly when it was told him, but recovered bis composure Immediately and remarked quletly, “All right, 1 have nothing to say about it.” Congressman ™ 2ekbhurn Indieted. ABHEVILLE, N. C., Feb. 22+-Two indictments were returned by the fed- eral grand jury aguinst B. Spencer Blackburn, Republican representative in congress from the Eighth North Carolina district, charging bin with practiciug before the departments of the goverument and with accepting fees for the service after his glection to the house of representatives. He denies the charges. Reossevell te Intervene at Algeeiras, PARIS, Feb, ZI — An official dis- pated which bears strong marks of In. bility of in. , Aa case of Russia ar Japan, te le the diametrically opposite of France and Germany “in the hope that sa eutente may be WAS HER OWN FAULT President Replies to Dr. Mor- ris' Complaint. WHITE HOUSEOFFICERS SOT TOBLAME Seareinry Loab’s Nets Bays That Ne More Foree Was Leed Aguinat Mrs. Morris Than Was Neccssitnted by Her Actions, WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. Dr. Minor Morris, whose wife sole weeks ago was ejected from the White House, where she bad gone to present alleged grievances to the president, gave out for publication the correspondence which recently passed between himself and the president regarding the case. Dr. Morris’ letter is as follows: “To the President—Having waited patientiy a number of weeks that you might have ample time to ascertain all the circumstances conneiled with the insult recently offered my wife nt the White House and that you might make some expression of deprecation which would naturally be expected, It is now Incumbent gpon me as husband and citizen to demand a public apology for this outrage on womathood and com- mon 4 “Its unthinkable that such brutality would be tolerdted anywhere in this country, but, above all, in the White House. “That my wife bas been confined to ber bed six weeks from the shock and injuries of this damnable treatment is bad enough, but | can say to you In all calinness that bad the original orders from the White House been carried out as to ber longer incarceration her life would bave been sacrificed. “It is therefore Incumbent upon me t0 repeat my urgent request that you take action at once suitable to the cir cumstances, which have shocked the entire nation.” To this letter Secretary Loeb replied: “In reply to your letter of the 18th inst, the president directs me to state to you that Le had the superintendent of police of the District of Columbia, Major Sylvester, make s careful inves tigation of the circumstances connected with the arrest of Mrs. Morris for dis- orderly conduct at the executive office, and the superiutendent submitted to the president all the affidavits of the persons whom he bad examined. The president carefully went over Major Sylvester's report and the atidavits and alse persolally saw Major Sylves- ter and some of the persous making the affidavits. He came to the conclusion that the arrest was justified and that the force used in making the arrest was caused by the resistance offerad by Mrs Morris to the officers In the discharge of their duty and was ne greater than was necessary to make the arrest affective. “Under these circumstances the pres- ident does not cousider that the officers Are properly subject to blame. He was also satisfied that the kindest thing that could be done to Mrs. Morris and ber kinsfolk was to refrain from giving any sdditienal publicity to the oircum- A a the oases.” Shaw Dealee Charge. OLEVELAND, 0, Feb. 23 — City Qlerk Peter Witt recently wrote a let ter te President Roecsevelt im whieh be sharged that of the Treas ury Leslie M. Shaw bad supported John R. Walsh of Chicago, the financier and quarry owner, in the contest for a sandstoas publi bullding In Oleve land. A respense from Becretary Shaw says: “Your letter has been banded me by the president, and the statement ia wholly false. Your au- thority must have known It was false. I did pot even know that Mr. Walsh was Interested in the quarries Art Treasures Huund at Venlge. VENICE, Feb, 22—-While workmen were engaged In renovating the Church of Banta Maria Gloriosa del Frari balit in the year 1888, some ancient frescoes were disclosed behind the monument of Doge Nicolo Troan. One of the frescoes represents a canopy with the coat-of-arms of Doge Tron, and avother consists of decorative bands with figures of the evangelists in medallions. The discovery is re- garded se of the highest artistic im- portance. Police After Biation Agent MeOanbe. BT. ALBANS, Vt, Feb. 22 -The de parture from this oity of Patrick F. McOabe, station agent at Bolton, on the Central Vermont railroad, who ls regarded as an lwportant witness Ip the Investigation by the state rallroad commissioners of the wreck of the New England States Limited at Bolton, led the authorities to order all points be tween here and the Canadian lipe watched for traces of the missing man Missing American Met Foul Play. NEW YORK, Feb. 22. That Albert M. Bard, a nephew af former United States Senator Bard of California, hae dropped completely out of aight In Brussels, Belgium, and that be is be- lieved to have met his death through foul play was the statement made here by Detective John J. Fogarty, Insanity to Be Haugh's Plea. DAYTON, 0. Feb, 22.