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
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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.”
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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. <The trial of
Dr. Oliver Haugh, charged with the
murder of his mother, father and
brother, has opened here before Judge
0. B. Brown. The prisoner is still
doggedly sileut, as he has been ever
since his arrest. The defense will be
that the accused Is insane. \
Hequitable Baliding Ablase.
MEMPHIB, Teun. Feb. 22. -The sev:
BOSTON BENCH SHOW.
———
Prince Hal Won Ia Alredale Terrier
Class Over Montreal Exhibit.
BOSTON, Feb. 22 The victory of a
local Alredale terrier dog, Prince Hal,
over Colne Master Royal of Montreal,
a4 recsat importation from England,
was the noteworthy event of the New
England Keune! club's bench show at
Mechanic's hall
Prince Hal which is owned by Ar
thur Merritt of Mliton, met the Cana-
dian dog, owned by J. A. Laurin, In
both the open and winner's classes and
won In both eveuls. Laurin bad the
satisfaction, however, of defeating
with Ooclme Mistress Royal Merritt's
Lady Tempest io the open and win-
ner’'s classes fur bitches.
The judges were successful bn dis-
posing of the bivodbounds, mastiffs, St.
Bernards and great Danes, and with
the big dogs of the show out of the
way a good start was inads in the long
list of classes for bull terriers, Alre
dales, beagles, dachsbunds and other
small breeds. 5
Dr. C. A. Lougest of this city swept
the classes in both the bloodhound and
mastiff breeds. The competition Ia
the St. Bernards was keener. The
Willowmere farm kennels of Bound
Beach, Conn., took the champloashlp
for dogs, and T. E. L. Kemp of this
city won in the winners class for
bitches. Theres was a good contest in
the Great Danes, Howe Totten of
Washington winning a championship
for dogs with Tristan IL, whiie Ed-
ward Bringhurst of Wilmington, Del.
took the winner's prise fer bitches with
Guido of Broughton.
The Grand Challenge trophy for
great Danes went to Romulus Gloria
of the Dalmore keunels of Port Alle
gheny, Pa.
Swimming Record Broken.
NEW YORK, Feb, 23. —Expert ama-
teur swimniers took part in the initial
segsion of the Amateur Athletic union's
indoor swimming and water polo cham-
plonships, which took place lu the na-
tatorium of the New-York Athletic club
last night. One world's record and sev-
eral American records were smashed,
but this was expected, as the best
aquatic perforoers, from thé Pacific to
the Atlantic, were amoug the contest-
ants. San Francisco, St. Louis, Chica.
go, Boston, Cleveland and Philadelphia
bad representatives, Lut the hotors of
the night want to C. M. Daniels of the
New York Athletic club, who lowered
the world's record of 32 1-5 seconds
for sixty yunds indoor, eld by Cecil
Healy of Australia. The local expert
covered the distance in Bl 1-5 seconds,
dolug It fu an extra spurt after having
won the fifty yards’ swim in 25 28, a
new American record.
Laws Tennis at New Yer,
NEW YORK, Feb. 22. — Play was
continued bere in the Indoor lawn ten-
nis tournaiuent for the national chaw-
plouship In singles and doubles on the
courts of the Seventh regiment armory.
T. R. Pell won bis place la the seml-
final round of the siugles by defeating
M. 8 Clark after a keenly contested
three set match. 1. C. Wright, a young:
er brother of the national champion,
B. O. Wright of Boston, displayed bril-
Hant work aud won his first contest In
straight sets from K. Smith R. T.
Bryan, one of the best of the local In-
door players, defeated H. E. Allen of
Pednsylvania also In straight sets
Harvard Defeated In Rough Game.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Feb. 22.—Co-
lumbia won second place lu the Inter
collegiate basket ball league by defeat.
Ing Harvard in a rough game In the
Hemenway gymnasium by a soore of
17 to 13. From fftesn fouls called on
Harvard, Moore of Oolumbia threw
nine baskets, which was more than suf-
ficient to win the game. Hurley played
well for the visitors, while for Harvard
the work of Amburg and Griffiths was
a feature,
Radtke Got the Honors.
HOT BPRINGS, Ark, Feb, 22. — With
fine weather the attendance at Oak
lawn was the best since the opening
day. Radtke again easried off the hon-
ors lu the saddle, winning with four
of his five mounts. A. J. Poindexter
registered a horse as The Rake, but it
was decided that the horse was a ring-
or, and the association took charge ef
the horse and will brand him.
Handicap For Jake Sanders.
SAN FRANCISO0O, Feb, 22. — The
Stonehenge handicap, valued at $1,000,
resulted In a stirring contest at Oak-
land. After a fighting finish Jake San-
ders, the favorite, barely won from
Bob Ragon. Modicwn showed sowe of
his old time form and captured the first
race at © to 1
Twe Faveritea Won,
NEW ORLEANS, Feb, 22 -—-8henan-
doah aud Baleshed were the winning
favorites at the Falr grounds. The
third and fourth races were the class
of the card, and In each Sewell and
Jack Martin fought It out to the end,
Sewell’'s mounts winning in both cases.
Ingolthrift at Clty Park Track.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb, 22.-Three of
the sevén races ou the City park cand
went to Corrigan horses, two of them,
Creel aud Goldic, belug favorites. In-
golthrift, thoroughly at Lowe in the
heavy golog., was the ouly other suc
cessful favorite
Williams Won Over Syracuse.
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass, Fel, 22 —
Willams defeated the Syracuse univer.
sity basketball team here—38 to 20-in
a fast game
Rockefeller Expected at Tampa,
TAMPA, Fla, Feb, 22 — John D,
Bockefeller, whose whereabouts have
cansed considerable speculation, Is ex-
bare. A considerable amount |
to Bim |
PASS PURE FOOD BILL
Benate, After Fifteen Years,
Adopts Measure.
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LAW OBS THROUGH BY 63 10 4.
New un Misdemeanor to Masufacture
or Sell Adulterated or Misbranded
Feeds, Drugs, Medicines
or Liguers.
WABHINGTON, Feb. 22 After of.
tesn years of wore or less serious con
siderntiou of the subject the senate
bas passed a pure Tuod bill by the de-
cislve vote of 83 to 4. The vole was
taken after a jong debate of a desuito
ry character ou the weasure. Several
efforts were made to amend the bil),
and the committee accepted a number
of suggestions, but only those thus ac
cepted were incorporated lo the bill as
passed
The bill makes it a wisdemeanor to
manufacture or sell adulterated or
misbranded foods, drugs, medicines or
liquors In the District of Columbia, the
territories and the insular possessions
of the United States, and prohibits the
shipment of such goods from one state
to another or fo = foreign country. It
also prohibits the receipt of such
goods. Punishment by a fine of $500
or by Imprisonment for one year, or
both, Is prescribed. In the case of cor-
porations, officials In charge are made
rapeuiible:
bill also defines foods, drugs,
medicines and liguors and also defines
the standards for thew. There is an
exemption for dealers who furnish
guarantees against adulteration and
misbranding.
DIVORCE CONGRESS.
Washington Assembly Is For Open
Hearing In All Court Proceedings.
WASHINGTON, Feb, 22 ~The <on-
gress on uniform divorces laws for the
several states and territories expressed
itself in favor of all bearings and trials
in divorce cases in opeu court
It was declared that such publie
bearings would have a tendency tu do
away with collusions Lelweeu parties
to the suit for divorce and that pul:
licity would tend to decrease applica-
tions for divorce by people who would
shun such publicity. The resolution
follows:
"Hearings and trials should always
be before the court and not before any
delegated representative of it, and In
all uncontested divorve cases and In
any other divorce case where the court
may deen it necessary or proper a dis
interested attorney should be assigned
by the court.”
The resolution was finally adopted,
though cunslderablly modified fron the
forma as originally presented by the
resolutions’ committee
Other resolutions adopted follow:
“If conviction of a crine be made
a cause _for divorce it should be re
quired that such conviction should be
followed by two years’ continuous im-
prisonment. A decree should uot be
granted a vinculo for lusanity arising
after marriage. Debertion should not
be a cause for divorce unless persisted
in for at least two years. A divorce
should not be granted unless the de-
fendant bas been given full and fair
opportunity by notice brought bome to
him to bave his day In court. when
bis residence is known or can be ascer-
talned.
“Any one named as corespondent
should In all cases be given an oppor-
tunity to intervene.”
President and the Hepbura Bill
WABHINGTON, Feb. 22 -When the
senate committee on Interstate com-
merce meets tomorrow to vote oun a
railroad rate bill the announcement
will be made authoritatively that the
president will not attempt to prevent
amendment of the Hepburn bill, that
be will leave the committee free to
exercise Its best judgment and If pos-
sible compromise Ita differences and
that if a bill ls reported which does
not meet his approval and lo that form
is passed by congress be will content
himself te exercise his voto power.
J. RB, Mars Defended a Woman.
BOSTON, Feb. 22 Expressing con
viction that the victim not only pro-
voked a disturbance, but threatened
the defendant with bodily viclence,
Judge Burke of the municipal court
discharged James E Mars, who bad
been held for manslaughter in causing
the death of Caesar Daigle bere. Mars
admitted assaulting Dalgle, but claim
ed that Daigle had losulted a woman
with whom Mars was lu company at
the time,
President at the Pulls Wedding.
WABHINGTON, Feb 22.--The war
riage of Miss Hildegarde McKenns,
youngest daughter of Associate Justice
apd Mrs. McKenna, to Join Leggett
Pults, occurred here at the Lowe of
the bride. The ceremony was perform:
od by Rev. Edward I. Buckey of St.
Matthew's Roman Catholic church and
was witnessed by President Roosevelt
and Vice President and Mrs Fair
banks.
Longworth und His Bride at Havana.
HAVANA, Feb, 22 -Mr. aud Mrs
Nicholas Longworth arrived here to-
day from Tampa, Fla, and were wel
comed by President Palma aud a com
mittee of the Cuban legislature ap
poluted by that body for the purpose
Gevernor Carter at San Francisce.
SAN FRANUISCO, Feb, 22 -Guvern
or George B. Carter of Hawall, accom
panied by his wife, has arrived Liere on
the steamer Maucharia, tHe will go to
San Diego for the Leuefit of his Bealth.
Weather Probabilities. Sd
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mean pure flax.
THIRD—-We advertise what
have and give you what we
verlise
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2 in. pure flax, sale price--- §
Regula: 75¢c.
Napkins, Towels and Sets
in proportion.
Towelings
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20c kind, lace trimmed and
made of good, firm muslin,
very special while they last. 12%
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last season, beautifully trim=
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ribbon
Gowns and Skirts
Cambric and muslin gowns and
all kinds specially priced for this sale
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