wi PRICE ONE ‘Paid on Time Deposits. DIRECTORA. J. 8. Weaver, J. W. Bishop, J. RB Wheelock. W T. Goodwow, ‘OL Maverly, Sewsrd Bakiwis, 7. T. Page : RB 7. Page, Cashier. " Resting, states Managed Collecting + E. E. Reynolds, oy E ESTATE Formle in Athens, Sayre and Waverly. “dda INSURANCE Property Bought, Sold and . ~—Exchanged— ~ lavesiments Loans Negotiated {IT Packer Ave., D..CLAREY COAL C0. ~~ Lehigh Valley Goal HARD AND SOFT WOOD EE "ELMER A WILBER, Wholesaler of BEERS AND ALES FRANCIS T0 AUSTRIA Prasdect Samu Try ato CROSVENOK DEFENDS THE ARMY. Chile Member In Mouse Told Jones of Virgials, Whe Had Criticised Troops at Mesat Dajo, That He Was a Farmer. WASHINGTON, March 20 — The president seul fo the senate the nomi uation of Charles 8 Fraucls of Troy, N. Y., © be ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Austria Huw ry. succeeding Bellamy Storer Mr Francis was formerly winister to Greece and Is the owner and editor of the Troy Timex Mr. Francis’ father was formerly ambassador te Austria He is a son of John Morgan Fraucis, founder of the Troy Times, and was bors in Troy on June 17, 1853. He prepared for coliege In Troy academy and graduated from Cornell in 1877. In his college days he was a mighty amateur carvinan. He established sev- eral records as a single sculler. ter leaviaug college Mr. Francis went luto his father's printing office and in time became his secretary and right hand man. Upon the death of the elder Fruncls in 1807 Charles Spen- cer Francis became the owner and ed- itor of the Troy Times, President McKiuley appointed him wuvoy extraondinary and minister plenipotentiary to Oreece, Roumania and Servia in December, 1900 Reports here lead to the belief that Bellamy Btoref of Ohio has been re tired from the post of ambassador to Austrin-Hungary because of the activ. ity of Lis wife iu church politics. Mrs. Storer is am aunt of Hepreseota- tive Longworth, the president's son-in- law. Mr, Storer was minister to Spain after the war, and his service at Mad- rid gave great satisfaction to both countries and did much to restore friendly feeling between Spaln and the United States. In 12 he was pro moted to be ambassador to Austria- Hungary. The house reached a compromise on the question of abolishing the grade of leutenant geuerz! in the army by pro viding that It shall not become effec: tive not Oct. 12 pext in order that Generals Corbin snd MacArthur may be promoted before thelr retirement, An important bill, declared to be the first step toward a reorganization of the consular service, was passed. The bill siready has been acted upon by the senate. It reclassifies the service and increases salaries to the extent of $170,000 a year. ' During the completion of the general debate on the legislative bill Mr, Gros- venor (0) came to the defense of the army io the Mount Dajo battle and was replied to briefly by Mr. Williams, the minority leader, who asserted that all criticistu was based on the official reports so far received. Regarding the battle of Mount Dajo, near Jolo, Mr. Grosvenor, defending the army, sald: “This gang of Moros belongs to a class of pirates and pro- fessional thiaves. They were an organ- ized baud of murderers who uever sur- render, but fght until the last one of them is dead.” In answer to the recent criticism of Mr. Jones (Va) that the mountain should have been surrounded aud the Mores starved into surrender Mr. Grosvenor remarked that Mr, Jones was a farmer Dy profession; that the mountain was fifteen miles around, making this sort of a slex® impossible “There was but one way to get them out, and that was exactly the plan the American soldier executed, and the president was exactly right when he telegraphed it was a significant feat of arma” be added. Mr. Willams criticised the report of the battle. What bad been sald about it was based on this report, and should subsequent information present a dif- ferent situation, of course, the criti- clam based on another report could not senate there were three on the railroad rate bill, Messrs. McCreary, Balley and Hey- burn being the orators. Mr. McCreary announced bis determination to vote for the bill whether amended! or not, but sald that he would not object to a reasonable provision for thé review of the Interstate commerce commis. slon’s findings. Storer on a Vacation. VIENNA, March 20. Bellamy Sto rer, the American ambassador to Vi enna, i& at present ou a vacation visit to Bgypt, and no official information that be has resigued his post has reached the embassy. Mr. Storer is ex- pected to return to Vienna in about a week, Palma Formally Yamed President. HAVANA, March 20. The Cuban mtial electors formally met and the republic. AVALANCHE BURIED TWELVE. Se —— Great SILVERTON, Colo, March 20. — Twelve miners employed at the Bben- sndoash mine were caught by a great snowslide near bere and swept to their death. Their bodies have not yet heen recovered. Assistance has been summoned from Riiverton to help dig the victims frown beneath the show: The men killed were menibers of the force ewployed at the Shenandoah mice snd were on thelr way to Sik vertion to escape starvation at (he mine, the supply OF provisions having run short. They left the mine early in the morning, bfeaklug a trall in the [deep show as they went aloug. At a particularly dangerous point ou the trail, In the side of a steep mouniain, one of the trail breakers stumbled This started the spow sliding, and the ecutive side of the mountain seemed to be moving Twelve men were euguifed and lost to view In the avalanche. Sheaandeah Mine Workers Canghtia ’ Saawslide. MAIL SACK CAUSED WREOK. Aceldent on Burlington and Quinney at Lockhridge, In. BURLINGTON, la, March 20-An eastbound passenger train on the Chi- cago. Burlington and Quincy railroad was partly wrecked at LockUridge, Ia, by a broken switch. The dinlug car and a sleeping car broke away from the rest of the train and dashed Into the rear end of a work train that stood on a side track, demolishing the side tracked passenger cars and s car occw- pied by a number of workmen. Swan Bloom of Burlington, cook of the work train, was killed, and a dozen persons were Injured, four probably fatally. A mall sack when thrown out of a for- ward car of the passenger train struck a switch post, breaking it aud releasing the switch, thus side tracking the last two cars of the passenger train Ireland's Greatest Friend. LONDON, March 20.-At a St. Pat- rick’'s day banquet in London last night Jobn E. Redmond, chairman of the Irish parilameniary party, reiter- ated the belief which he expressed at Manchester that England will ere long give to Ireland all that she could rea- sonably expect or demand. Jolin Dil lou, member of parliament for East Mayo, also spoke. He sald that Irish- men had owe compensation for their sufferings lo fighting Ireland's battle, they pad giveu Joseph Chamberlain to the Unloulst party, “a disastrous gift, for so long as he remains iu that party so long will Ireland's esuetnles be para- lyzed and unable to rally for a night against us. Loug way Le live, for be Bas Leen Ireland's greatest friend.” Ivens Says Confession Was Forced. CHICAGO, March 20 —Richard Ivens, who Is on trial bere for the murder of Mrs. Bessle Hollister, took the stand in his own behalf. He denled that be had committed the murder, said that be had never seen Mrs. Hollister to his koowledge aud lusisted that his con- fession wade to the police und which be sigued were obtained from him by intimidation. He declared that the police locked him up in a room at the police station with a wumber of of- ficers and that their questioning so confused bLim that he sald “yes” to everything they asked Linn Canadian Coal Miners on Strike. INVERNESS, C. B, March 20.-A strike which threatens seriously to af- fect the coal mining industry in west- ern Cape Breton has spread at the mine of the Inverness Rallway and Coal company, Although the whistle blew for work as usual, not 8 mau went into the pit. The strikers claim that new rules regarding wethods of payment and dockage of wages for stone brought up lu the coal resulted in a considerable reduction lu their pay, and they demand a restoration of the old wage scale Witte Reported to Have Resigned. ST. PETEUSBURG, March 20.-In high circles the rumor is current that Count Witte has definitely decided to retire from the premwlership Frow an absolutely anthentic source it can be stated that Count Witte at a session of the council of the empire made an enlmatical statement which Is luter- preted Ly many members of the coun- cil as a virtual declaratiou that his career a8 premler is ended and that he will be succeeded by Privy Counsel: or M. Kokovsoff, former minister of finance Dr. Rainsford as Explorer. NEW YORK, March 20. —-Dr. Rains: ford, former rector at St. George's Protestant Episcopal church, who re- cently resigued while traveling In Eu- rope for Lis health, bas joined a Brit: ish exploring expedition Into east Af- rica at Cairo. He has gone on this ex- pedition principally in the hope that it wlll be beneficial to his health His nephew, Wiliam Watney, accompanies him. He will be goue about three or four mouths Brave Deed In New York Tuanel. NEW YORK, March 20. ~Braving a flerce blaze that converted a sixty foot section of the Peunsyivanla raliroad tunnel under the East river Into a close imitation of a furnace, George Barr, a young foreman on the work, crawled through the air locks and carried out two boxes containing forty-eight sticks of dynamite. Had the explosive remained lu the tunoel a great disaster was certain. Rlectrie Musle at Wii, HOLYOKE, Mass, March 20 Music by electricity will soon be put upon the market in New York, where it will be distributed from a central station by wires connecting with hotels, clubs and residences. The Invention, which la by Pr. Thaddeus Cabill, sn Oberlin eol- lage graduate, bas bean perfected Rove. “RED ADMIRAL” SHOT Leader of Black Sea Fleet Mutineers Executed. THREE ACCOMPLICES SUFFER DEATH Admiral Chouknln Granted Schmidt Privilege of Dying by Rie Bullets Rather Than Disgrace of Being Hanged . ST. PETERSBURG, March 20 — Former Lieutenant Schmid{, who com- manded the vessels of the Black sed Heet. which mutinled apd opened fire oli the city of Sevastopol with the guns of the feet, was shot ut Otchakoff with three of his saliors Schmidt was known af the time of the mutiny as the “Hed Admiral” on necount of his Oying the red fug at the masthemd The mutiny of 4,000 sailors it Sevas- topol, complicated with a generai strike of employees of the post and telegraph services, broke out in November last Schmidt, who had been dismissed from the navy because of Lis revolutionary oplulous, went ou board the crulser Otchakoff and assumed command of that vessel and of the other mutinous ships. The Otchakoff and uine other vessels of the Black sea fleet and a regiment of infantry then attewnpted to seize the city. The ships opened fire on the forts, which replied, sinking the cruls- ers Otchbakoff and Dneiper and a trans port. Schmidt was captured. The seven remaining ships surrendered to the loyal warships of Admiral Chouk- nin, and the regiment which had re volted was forced to surrender. The casunitices were estimated at 5,000 Schmidt was tried by a military and naval court martial with thirty seven sailors of the Otchiakoff's crew, the charge against them being participa- tion In the movement to overthrow the government and of active armed resistance to the authorities. In ad- dition, Schmidt was charged with ac tivity since his youth in revolutionary circles, taking command of mutinous ships, telegraphing Insoleutly to the emperor and ordering the satlors to open fire on forts aud ships. A plea of insapity was entered In Schmidt's behalf, but the court found a verdict of guilty apd sentenced him to be hanged, three other mutineers to be shot and twenly seven others to terms of lmprisounment In addressing the court before seu teice was passed upon bim Schmidt sald at he believed the gullows ou which he died would mark the separa: tion of the old, slavish Russia from the new, free Russia. “If,” he said, “1 could buy Russian freedom with the most terrible death 1 would die smil- ing" Appeals for clemency were set aside, but Admiral Chouknin granted to Schmidt the privilege of belug shot instead of hanged. Mellen Spoke on Hate BilL HARTFORD, Congo, March 20 — President C. 8 Mellen of the New York, New Haven and Hartford rall- road last night delivered an address Lisfore the Get Together club at its meeting in Jewell hall, taking as bis subject the “Hepburn Rate Bill" In discussing It be declared that he con- sidered the bill bad and full of evil possibilities and fraught with the greatest danger to that seetion of the country, in which Le has bis home apd business, and declared that he be lieved the measure had been drafted with some ulterior motive Wales Leaves India For Hgypt. KURRACHEE, British India, March 20.—The Priuce aud Princess of Wales, having completed a five months’ tour of India, bave sailed ou board the Brit ish battleship Renown for Egypt. where they will spend a week. From thence they will go to Athens to meet King Edward and Queen Alexandra. Before their departure the Prince of Wales held an Investure. Among the honors conferred was that of Compan: fon of the Indian Empire upon Major Colln F. Campbell, husband of the for- ner Miss Naucy Leiter Wreck on Russell Sag¥'s Road. CALAIS, Me, March 20 ~Three per- sons were injured lo a raliroad wreck at Clarence Bridge, N. B., twenty-five miles east of Calals. An accommoda tiou train bound fromm St Btepheu, N. B., to St. John, on the New Bruns. wick Southeru rallway, a llue owned by Russell Sage of New York, was thrown over an embankinent by the spreading of the ralls. A passenger coach aud combluation ear were badly damaged, Noe Farlough For Steele. WASHINGTON, Murch 20 —-Secre- tary Taft, acting under Instructions from the presiklent, recently wrote to General McMahon of the Soldiers’ home board that it was pot considered to be compatible with public interests for George W. Bteéle, governor of the home in Indiana, to have nn furlough while be made a campaign for con gress Fire In Binghamton Metal Plant, BINGHAMTON, N Y.. March 20 - Fire which Lroke out here badly dam aged the metal works and drop forx Ing factory of Crandall, Stone & Co. of this city. The entire plant, employing 200 men, will be shut dewn. Two fire- meu were quite badly bunrued about the face and hands. The loss will be $10,000 Morgan at Venlee. VENICE, March 20 1. Plerpont Morgan of New York Is here, In com pany with H B. Hollins and Mes. Hol lines of New York, lospecting the con struction of the new campanile, the tien In progress af BL Mark's FIVE FAVORITES WON. Racing at the Falr Grounds Trask at New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, March 20. — The new Louisiana Jockey club succeed the Crescent City Jockey club lu c trol of the racing at the Fair groun Favorites reveled in the heavy golng and only one of them, Cousin Kate, was beaten. Jockeys Lyne and Red feru. who came to ride in the Crescent City Derby, have returned to their Lotmes, Bummaries: First Hace.~Owasco, first; second; Vagary, third Second Hace Baneful, scrit, second; Captalu third. Third Race Blackburn, first; Abrams, second; Dorothy M_, third Fourth Race. - Stoner HII, first; Cousin Kate, second; Whippoorwill, third Fifth Hace — Flaviguy, first; Paul, second; Merry Pioneer, third Sixth Itacc— Rolla, first; Little Hose, second: Kings Glen, third Elevation at Oakland, BAN FRANCISCO, March 20. — A uumber of strong favorites failed to win at Oakland. Several close finishes nade the sport unusually interesting. The third race proved to be a very close contest between Elevation and Lesaro, but a neck separating the pair when the former came in 8 winuer. An exciting finlsh occurred in the fourth race when David Boland outgamed Bucolic and won In the final struggle Nevada, first; San McCormick, Zick Conklin Won at Billiards. CHICAGO, March 20. -C. F. Conklin of Chicago and Charles 8 Norris’ of New York, who were tiled for last place, played their final game in the national billiard tournament. Conklin after a slow and tedious exhibition of billiards finally won by the score af 5x) to 231 Bowling at Loulaviile. LOUISVILLE, Ky. March 20-In the second day's play at the tourna. ment of the American bowling con gress here the Century club team No. 1 of Chicago led, with 2.704. The Webers of Toledo was second, with 2.595, and the Solo of Chicago was third with 2.500 Jack Young at Hot Springs. HOT SPRINGS, Ark, March 20 Jack Young won the Mouutalu Valley handicap in a gallop from Marshal Ney aud was the only winning favorite at Oaklawn. Wing Tiog, victor in the colt race, was the surprise of the meeting Stevens Contradicts Haperts. WASHINGTON, March 20. The isth- misu canal commission cabled Chief Engineer Stevens Saturday the sub stance of the testimony of Professor William M. Burr and William Barclay Parsons that the hill at Gatuu was not loug enough to accommodate three locks of the leugth proposed in the re port of the mivority of the beard of consulting engiueers. Mr. Stevens re piled: “1 have just made careful per sonal examination of the exact site of the Gatun dam. There is ample leugth with perfect foundations for longer Jocks than reported by the minority of the board of cousulting engineers.” Famous Athletic Traloer Dead, PRINCETON, N. J, March 20- James HRoblpson, Princetou’s famous athletic trainer, died at bis houie here last night of heart fallure, the result of a long illness, dating flow a severe sunsfroke which he sustained last sum- mer. He was born lo Ireland sixty-five years ago and cawe to this country in 1579 as a traluer of ruce horses. He held the position of athletic trainer at Harvard, Michigan, Yale and Prince: tou successively and Las turped out many successful athletes for these ln stitutions Decision Favored Southern Pacifico. SAN FRANCISCO, March 20.—Unit ed States Clrcult Court Judge Morrow has Landed down a decision in the case of the Southern Pacific company sgninst the Western Pacific Rallway company, generally known as the Gould line, which Is seeking 10 obtaln terminal facilities on the eastern or Oakland side of San Francisco bay Every contention of the Southern Pa cific company as to the rights of way and precedeuce along the bay shore was sustained by Judge Morrow New Rreeds of Cotton. WASHINGTON, March 20 —Follow Ing a werles of experiments extending over several years the bureau of plant Industry, department of agriculture, announces that It has developed a pumber of new breeds of cotton, seed of which are ready to be sent out for next season's planting, which promise to almost double the value of the cot ton crop wherever used A Unigue Election. BANGOR, Me, March 2 A unique city election was held In Old Town All the ottices were filled without a» contest Fhe Republicans aud Demo erats supported Charles GG. Davis, Re publican, for mayor. and by agree went the Loard of aldermen, cousist lug of ten meubers, was divided equal ly Letween the two parties Carnegie to Be Guest of Honor, RICHMOND, Va, March 20 An drew Carnegie will probably be a goest of Lounor at the University of Virgiula on the approachiog founders’ day both because of his gifts to the university to the extent of $300,000 and because of his position as rector of St. Andrew's university, Scotland For Monument to Plekens. WASHINGTON, March 20 —Repre. sentative Alken of South Carolina has { lutroduced a bill In congress appropri ating $25.000 for the erection at Clem: | son College, & C., of & monument to Geueral Asdrew DPiokens, HAVERHILL HEROES Fire at Training School De- velops Courage and Pluck. Young Gorden Entered the Burning Bulldiag Risking Mis Life te Save Misa Merrill, ua Teacher Over. code by Smoke. HAVERHILL. Mass. March 20 — The names of heroes will be written in HaverhilFs school history as a result of a schicolbouse fire lu which the lives of over 180 pupils were lmperiled. One girl was injured by Jumping. and sev eral other students ns well as two teachers were slightly burned Ino the rush from the quick spreading flames but all the others escaped In safety The fire destroyed the Manual Train lug school ballding in which it started and partly burned an annex structure, kuown as the Whittier High school, an lilstoric place, in which the poet Whit tier once taught. All the seven teach ers in the two schools demonstrated re markable coolness, but the heroism of two persons Walter Bourne, an in structor io manual training, and Fran cis Gorman, a Afteen-yearold member of the freshioan class, was especially notable, Bourne guided twelve boys through a wall of fire and swnoke which threat ened to imprison them In the training school aud then returued to assure him. self that all had escaped]. His retreat wis cut off, and he was forced to jump from a second story window His face was scorched and his hair burned off * All the students in the annex escaped down the stairway except seven girls, who rushed to a balcony overlooking the street. One jumped, receiving slight Injuries, and the others were reinoved ou ladders Smoke overcame Miss Sue Merrill, one of the teachers In the aunex when she returnad to recover personal prop erty. At the risk of his own life Gor man dashed into the burniug building sod after a desperate effort succesded in carrying the teacher Into the open alr. Both were Lurned about the Lead The tire loas was $235.00) Police Nab Two “Black Handers.™ SCRANTON, Pa, March 2). Special Agents Wilson and Huffling bave ar rested two Italians who are believed to be the leaders of the "Black Hand" wovewent lo this section. They are Paul Trap! and Glusepp! Cogliano They were led luto a trap and were caught In the act of receiving money from Glovanni Fazio, a grocer to whom they had juade threats of violence. Fuzlo's store was blown np with dyna. mite on New Year's eve, He positive Ivy Identified Trapi and Cogliano as the meu who had threatened Lim before this explosion. Veasel Ashore Near Branford. BRRANFORD, Conn, March X).—The schooner Mary Buckley, bound from Greenport, N. Y., to Bridgeport, Conn, with a cargo of bricks, went ashore on Flat rock, about a quarter of a mile off Johuson's polut, In a blinding snow stormy. The schooner landed high on the rock, and that part of the cargo which was on deck slipped off into the water, The schooner turned turtle, The captain and members of the crew escaped lo a yaw! and landed at Rock laud Park. where they were cared for Morocco May Establish Police, ALGECIRAS, March 20 —In an in terview with Mohammed El Torres, the Moroccan miulster of foreign affairs and representative of his government in the conference on Moroccan re forms, he sald that he still belleves au agresmuent will be reached between France and Germany. Asked regand Ing the police question, the minister sald that falling of nu agreement Mo rocco will establish ber own police, ‘taking care that nothing shall happen to foreigners.” General Thayer Dead. LINCOLN, Neb, March 20 —~General John M. Thayer, eighty-six years of age, formerly United States senator and governor of Nebruska, Is dead Lere after a short Illness. He was ter ritorial governor of Wyoming lu 1870 and governor of Nebraska for four years, beginning in 1887 He was sen ator from Nebraska from 1847 to 1871 He galued renown as an Indian fighter {un the territorial days of Nebraska and fought in the civil war Aged Couple Killed by Erie Trails. BINGHAMTON, N Y.. March 0 Charles Henmistraught, aged seventy five, and a Mrs Phelps, aged oft five both of Union, were lostantly killed at a grade crossing & mile below Unlon their carriage being struck by the Erle monitor No 20, eastbound. The wag on was demolished, and the were killed. The entire equipage was ground to pieces under the cugine nearly derniliug the train horses Schwab Not For Senate. NEW YORK. March 20 The rumor originating In Omaha, that Charles M Schwab had senatorial aspirations and to attain his end had established a res idence In Nevada was denied by him “It Is merely an idle rumor, and there is not &a word of truth in it.” said Mr Schwab the tlephone to a rv porter over “Prophet” Dowie at Havana, HAVANA, March 20. John Alexan der Dawle. clilef overseer of Zion City, 1, has arrived here from Jamaica After & few hours spent In visting Jnts of luterest he departed for Mex: Weather Probabilities, Jal; porthwest winds. WEDNESDAY SPECIALS = Best seersuckers made, over 100 styles to select from in plains, plaids, atripcs and checks, sold every- where for 12ic, Wednesday special 9c. All Over Laces We have them in all widths from 20 in. to 72 in. and prices beginning at 50e up by easy stages to $2.50. They come in cream and white. Embroideries - In our new line of em- broideries will be found the new shadow work, eyelet, baby Irish, etc, all done on the swiss to match the new sheer fabrics. ~ rr — Laces We are showing the new German and French Vals in sets to match. Sheer ‘White Fabrics Foreign goods of our own importation and domestic productions from first hands enable us to give you the best values to be found anywhere, New Spring Dress Goods Chiffon Drappe, Batistes, Veilings, Crepella, Panama, Chiffon Prunella, Broad- cloth, etc. We are showing the new shades of grey, very popular Globe ‘Warehouse, Talmadge Block, Elmer Ave. VALLEY PHONE LENIGH AND SCRANTON At the Lowest Possible Prices. Orders can be left at West Sayre Dy yards at Sayre, Valley Phone 37m. * COLEMAN MASSLER, R. H. DRISLANE, Contractor and Builder Plans and Estimates Furnished. 1038 Lincoln St. Sayre. I'n W. T. GAREY, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE Ofice Maney & Page Block, Rooms formerly ocoupled by the late John R. 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