NATIONAL RST “sik A A ~ E. E. Reynolds, REAL ESTATE Property Boughs, Sold and ~~ Rxohagged — sa Loans “IIT Packer Ave., ~ Lehigh Valley Coal Street Yard "Phone, ELMER A. WILBER, Wholesaler of ~~ Wines, Beer and Ales. OUR SPECIALTIES WEIGH BEER AND ALES, NOR: WICH BREWING GO'S. ALES. be the mother of inven- and "OOMPETITION" p life of trade but “CON- DEN 15 the corner 8 of our business founda- BEER all others. It is always “Prophet” of Zion Oity Sus- pended as Ruler. ACCUSED OF TEACHISC POLYGAMY, Ww. a. Velive, Halled as Hi: See- €onaer, Densunces Elijah II. Ip Streax Language — Hypoes riay Charged. CHICAGO, April 3—Jobn Alesander Dowie, head of the Christisn Catbolic church lu Zion, bas been deposed as a religious Jeadur, suspeuded from mem bership Iu the church be founded, shorn of his tempors! possessions us far as they are located in Zion City, the home of the church, avd warned to accept the situation quietly lest worse things befall bins ~ The active reveit against the leader ship of Dowie was foreshadowed when Overseer Voliva, who had been placed by Dowie Iu charge of the church while be sought health In Jamaican and Mex ico, announced that be would no longer accept the orders of Dowie, who bad, Le declared, grossly mismanaged the affairs of the church. His wife aud soa, It is claimed by the residents of Zion City, have alled themselves with W. G. Voliva, who was called by Dowie from Australia to conduct the affairs of Zion City when Dowle's health became shattered The action deposing Dowie from ac tive contrel of Zien City and its re ligious and business affairs was taken at a meeting bLeld In the Zion City tabernacle. The meeting seut the following tele gram to Dowie at Ocotlan, Jalisco, Mexico; “You are hereby deposed as ruler of Zien City. Practically all, including Cloeclnnat! representatives, indorse Mr Voliva's administration, Speicher's re instatement amd Granger's retention, all empbatically protesting against your extravagance, hypocrisy, misrep- resentations, exaggerations, tyranny aud lonjustice. You are Lereby sus pended frow office and membership for polygainous teaching and other grave charges. “Quietly retire. Further Interference will precipitate complete exposure, re- bellion, legul proceedings. Your state Imeut of stupendously maguificent Suancial outlook is extremely foolish In view of thousands suffering through your shameful mismanagement. Zion and creditors will be protected at all coats The message’ was signed by W. G. Voliva, general overseer; Willlam H. Iper, overseer for Chicago; H. E. Can tel, overseer for United Kingdom; II. D. Braseficld, vice president Zion uni- versity; Overseer Johu Excell, general eoclesiastical secretary, and John G. Speicher, overseer for Zion City. “This Is our ultimatum to Dowie.” sald Voliva, speaking of the message “We have not taken this step without serious consideration, and we now await Dowle's action. Our legal posi- tien in this ls under the general power of attorney which I bold, and upon the advice of our legal advisers I have transferred the entire estite to Alex- ander Granger, general financial man- ager. I have taken this action, believ- ing It to be best for the protection of Zion and its creditors. It is a defen- sive move, aad it now remains for Dowie to act. We now intend going right ahead, and the whole Igstitution will be put in good order.” Asked about the charge of polyga- ‘cous teaching mentioned in the tele- »™™., Jverseer Voliva sald: “The teaching of polygamy was not made In public, but was done private- ly. 1 shall not go inte details in this matter until Dowie bas bad an oppor tunity to reply te the charge” In a long message received from Dowle, which precipitated the “revolu- tion,” he ordered the Instant dismissal of Deacon (ranger, who Is now all powerful iu directing the affairs of the community at Zion City. Deacon Bpei- cher, who before he became a couvert to the faith of the Zion City church was a physician, declares that Dowie Is a very sick man, suffering with pul mouary troubles, paralysis and dropsy and oceasional delirium. It Is generally belleved Ly the of seers of the church that the deposed leader will make a fight to recover his lost power. If this is douse they de clared that the matter would go to the courts. Dowie's project for the establish. ment of a colony ia Mexico will be abandoned by the new administration. An allowsuce will be given Dowle suf- ficient to maintain a residence in Mex. ico If be #0 desires. If he becowes ob- sireperous It Is sald that bis son. Glad- stone Dowle, Is prepared to make star- tilug revelations. Wanamaker's Staircase Burned. NEWBURG, N. Y., April 8.-A bulld- Ing 200 by 000 feet, a part of the plant of the Cornell Irou works, at Cold Spring was destroyed by fire, and about 200 men were thrown out of employment. The loss will aggregate about $200,000. A $10,000 staircase for the Wanaiaker building in New York, which was completed, was destroyed with the building. Painters Quit Werk at 8§t. John. ST. JOHN, N. B, April 8.—A dead- lock over the wage question between the members of the painters’ union and the master painters of this city caused a suspension of work In that line of business. The men demand an increases of 23 cents a day. Wing Sing Dead, Wan Pen Dying. HOME, N. Y, April 3—Wlog Sing, SAYRE, PA., “A SLAP IN THE FACE” Appointment of Barnes as Postmas- ter Unpopular at Washington, WASHINGTON, April 8. -Strong op- Position will be made 1a the senate to the confirmation of Benjamin F. Barnes, assistant secretary to the pres ident, as postmaster of Washington, Always there has been oppesition to the appointivent of an outsider. but Mr. Barnes is particularly objection- able because be way directly responsi ble for the forcible efectment of Mrs Minor Morris from the White House. His connection with that Incident wiil probably result In coufirmation of his appoiatwent belong Leld up in the sen ate Senator Culberson, who sald be would bave voted for the Tillman reso lation calling for au Investigation of BENJAMIN F. BARNES. Mrs. Morris’ ejectment had he not been paired, is a member of the committee on postoffices and is expected to op- pose a favorable report on the nomina- tion . Something of the local feeling on the subject Is set out in this editorial com- ment fromm the conservative Washiag- ton Star, usually an administration pa- per 5 “The president, without cousuiting in the slightest the people or any of the people of Wasliugtqn and without giv. ing them the least opportunity even to express a wish In the watter, bas has- tily selected for this couspicuous local podltiou oue of Lis own lmimediate syb- ordinates, a man in no way ideutified with local Washington and known to most Washingtoulans wmaluly as the representative of the president in the recent disgraceful drag out of Ars Morris from the White House “This appointment thus made fs In effect a slap in the face to the people of Washington.” THE COAL WAR. Mitchell and His Staff Confer With Operators, NEW YORK, April 8. — The second meeting of the committees represent ing the anthracite mine workers and their employers finds the situation, so far as the hard coal flelds are concern- ed, unchanged from that disclosed In the communications that have passed between the contending forces and which have been made public. Neither Mr. Mitchell nor any of the operators would venture a prediction as to the outcome. President Mitchell Is bere. His sec retary and Thomas Haggerty of the central Pennsylvania district of the miners’ union, who is a mewber of the International executive bag. are in conference with Presidents ‘Baer. Un- derwood aud other operators. Tbe operators are lndigunaut over the action of the miners’ uulon in forciug A suspension of operations, and it Is likely that the miners’ demands will be refused Irwin Mines Tied Up. IRWIN, Pa, April 8.—~The soft coal fields about Irwin are experiencing the nearest to a geuerul strike of all the western Peuusylvania flelds. A thou- sand mien at Edua of the Pittsburg and Baltimore Coal compsuny, three miles south of Irwin, are on strike. Three buandred miners In the latter colliery refused to go to work, and a few hours later both mines were tied up Anthracite Miners Idle. PHILADELPHIA, April 3 — There was a complete suspension of wining operations lu the aotlracite region In accordance with the order issued by President Mitchell of the Mine Work- ers of America und the scale cowmit- tee of that organization, with the soll- tary exception of the Oxford colliery, a sinall Independent operation near Scranton Coal Goes Up In Maine. AUGUSTA, Me, March 8 The price of suthracite coal was advanced $1 n tou lo this city. No orders were taken for wore thau one ton to a person. Ex-Bank President Goes to Prison. BPOKANE, Wyo, April 3.-Charles C'. May, formerly president of the Big Bend National bank of Davenport, Wash, was sentenced to serve five years in the Unlied States penitentiary at McNellls island for wakiog false re- ports to the comptroller of the Curren- cy aud for mud. Rutland Carpenters Out. RUTLAND, Vt, April 3.~Practieally nll the union carpenters in this city ure cut on strike becguse of the re fusal of the master Lullders to grant their demands for an Increase In wages from $2.25 to $3 per day. Work on four large Lullding contracts was stop- ped. Power House Ablaze, ALBANY, N. Y, April & ~The power by fire, al HIGGINS SIGNS BILL Big Life Company Directors and Trustees Ousted. CARELESS, SELFISH AND DISLOYAL Governor In Memeorandum Scores High Ofielals of New York Insur- sace Corporations—All Must Retire on Nov. 18. ALBANY, N.Y, April 8.—The first of the teu bills proposed by the special investigating committes as the result of its long and sensational Iuvestiga- tion of life tusurance methods and cog- ditions Is now a law Governor Higgins has affixed his irs nature {9 the bill which postpoues until Nov. 15 the annual elections of the New York Life, Mutual of New York Mu tual Heserve of New York and Nec urity Mutusi of Blughamtou—-the four pure- ly mutual life insurance companies lo corporated under the laws of this state It does not affect the Equitable Life Assurance soclety, which Is a stock company. In siguing the bill the gov ernor issued a memorandum sharply criticising the directors whom he thus legislated from office Under the provisions of the act, which takes effect Immediately, the present directors and trustees of the four com- panles concerned will continue in of fice until Nov. 15, and their terms of office will then expire, no matter for how long they may bave been elected and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the respective charters or bylaws. On that date the aupua! meetings Inust be held by all of the four com- panies “at = time apd place which shall be fixed by the board of directors, and an entire new board of dfvectors shall then be elected. The sald elec tiona shail be under the supervision of the superintendent of fmsurapce, who shall appoint at least three policy bold- ers of each corporation holding such au election to act as inspectors thereof One of the most lmportant effcots of the act is thst it invalidates every proxy hitherto secured, whether by the companies themselves, by Thomas W. Lawson of Bostop or any oue else, the act providing that “no vote shall be cast at any such election under any Proxy executed prior to the 15th day of September, 1908. and all proxies executed heretofore or prior to sald date authoriziug auy vote to be cast at any election of directors of any do mestic mutual life lusurance corpora tion shall be void" Goveruor Higging' says: “The LI Is & useful ome. It takes the control of certaln companies from the present boards of directors, wen bers of which Lave been discredited by the poor account given of thelr stewardship te the Investigating cow mittee. Some were careless, some selfish, aud few proved so loyal to the Interests of policy holders as to Justify thelr being continued In office, except by the exercise of the enlightened fran- chises of such policy holders.” wemormndumw English Cotton Men at White Heuse. WASHINGTON, April 8.—A delega- tion of cotton wanufacturers of Eug- land was presented to the president by Representative Lovering of Massachu- setts, himself a cotton manufacturer. The delegation of English visitors Is on its way south to urge the cotton growers to bale their cotton In better shape than It Is now baled. The wem- bers represent the cotton spluuers of Great Britain. Cotton bales are rob- bed In transit. The dishonest cotton broker who does not make his office reat out of the pickings from the bales be handles Is not considered up to date. Porte Rico Wants Favored Clause, WASHINGTON, April 3 -Governor Beekmau Winthrop of Porto Rico Is in Washington and will appear before the house committee to discuss conditions lu Porto Rico. “Commercial couditions Are very satisfactory lu the Island uow, with the exception of the coffee market,” sald Goveruor Winthrop, “The Porto Rican coffee ralsers are greatly lu ueed of a market iu the United States and want a UII which will lay a duty ou the coffee of foreign countries entering the United States” Cool Headed Boy Saved a Disaster. GREENVILLE, Pu, April 8 A heavy property loss and probable loss of life was averted by the tiwely ac tion of Clyde Kirk, twelve years old, near Hadley last night. High water washed away a hundred feet of the Lake Sbore roadbed near the boy's Lome. Kirk discuvered the dauger And, hearing a tral approaching, tore Off his coat aud Hagged It Just ln time to avert a disaster The roadbed was washed away, leaving the track sus pended in the air Weod Brothers Not Gullty. PHILADELPHIA, April 3 Walter Wood and Stuart Wood, members of the firm of R. D. Wood & Co., Iron manufacturers of this city, were found not gulity in the United States court here of accepting & rebate on a ship ment to Winnipeg. The rebate. it was alleged, was given by the Mutual Transit company of Buffalo To Give Porto Ricans Cltizenship, WASHINGTON, April 3. — Repre sentative Cooper of Wisconsin has In troduced a bill in congress granting United States citizenship to the In- habitants of Porto Rico It Is under stood Governor Winthrop is to person ally advocate the passage of this bil Slate Workers on Strike. BOSTON, April 3—About forty slate and soapstone workers wont on strike at several shops for an Igcrease of 28 oeats a day in wages, UPSET AT BENNINGS. Belmont's Lord of the Vale, Favorite, Beaten by Pater at 8 to 1. WASHINGTON, April 3 Five fa- vorites and a strong second choice were registered as winuers on the first duy of the secoud week of the races at Ben- nings Tickle, an odds on favorite, had po difficulty In accounting for the first race by six lengths. Bettle Bouncer got the place from Baby Willie iu a Lard drive. Gertrude F., ou whom a tip had gone all over the ming, acted badly at the post and finally when the barrier weut up whirled and was left. August Belmont's entries Io the sec end, Curriculum and Fondulac, were coupled and wade the favorites. Cur: riculum’s jockey, Morris, waited until the turn into the stretch and then came away and won eased up from The Gal loper, which just beat Woodlige for the piace Campaigoer and Powder Horn were made pearly even favorites for the third, the former closing at a trifle the lower odds. Powder Horn blew up on the turn and did not figure in the re sult. Campalguer won handily, with Brittanby second and Strongarm third. The Clown bad the fourth all his own way, Vagabond getting the place from Hocus Pocus without serious effort, The upset of the day was in the fifth event, in which Beimont's Lord of the Vale was at all times a bot favorite. All of the starters were fancied, how- ever, Ben Hodder and Pater especially carrying a load of money. Pater and Ben Hodder were the first to show, but the latter soon dropped back, Lord of the Vale and Race King forging ahead of him. So they ran to the end. the Belmont horse making an unavail- ing effort to overtake the fleet Pater In the last furlong Reldmoore, which opened as an even favorite with Dekaber at 2 to 1, was so heavily played that at post time his odds had dropped to 8 to 5. He ran away with the race, Dekaber getting the place easily from Widow's Mite. Bummaries First Race. — Tickle, first; Bettie Bouncer, second; Baby Wille, third Second Race Curriculum, first: The Galloper, second; Woodline, third Third Race Campaigner, first. Brit tauby, second; Strengarm, third Fourtl Race ~The Clown, first; V aga bound, second; Hoeus Pocus, third Fifth Race —Pater, first; Lord of the Vale, second; Race King, third Sixth Race —Relduicore, first. Deka ber, second; Widow's Mite, third FPentotoe Lowered Record. HOT SPRINGS, Ark, April 8 Pon totoc lowered the track record for one fille at Oaklawp to 189 35 Alllue Cummings reduced the track record for four and a balf furlongs Pow B67 28 secouds to BS 8-8 secomds Pon totoc and Charlle Thompsou were the only winnlug favorites Baseball Season Opens. PHILADELPHIA, April The championship series between the Auer lean and National league clubs was opened here, the Americans winulug easily by a score of 7 to 1 Naran and Grace Wagner Beaten. NEW ORLEANS, April 3 Narang and Grace Wagner were the beaten favorites at City park Jockey Nicol rode four winners Three Favorites Beaten, NEW ORLEANS, April 3. Consuelo II, Euverite and Danlel C. wore the beaten favorites at the Falr grounds E. 0. owing Killed In Auto Smash. PHILADELPHIA, April 8—Whlle riding lu su autowoblle through Hav- erford, a suburb, E. O. Gowing, a mew ber of the firm of Adams Bros & Co, wholesale weat dealers of this city, was killed and bis wife was so seriously Injured that ber death ls ex- pected. Mr Gowlug falled to observe a rope that Lad been stretched across the road near a bLullding operation. The car crashed luto a telegraph pole and was Upset, crushing its occupants. Mr Gowiug died In a few miuutes His Wife ls uticouscious at a hospital with concussion uf the bralu aud taterval iu juries Fault of Leglalature, Saye Moran. BOSTON, April 3. Charges agalust the police aud the legislature were made Ly District Attoruey John B Morau while addressing the legisla tive conituities ou counties lu favor of 28 LI granting bim additional assist nuts. Mr. Mornu declared that If crime exists and goes unpunished it ls the funit of the legislature, the grand Jury, the Lourd of police and the police oficers, who uot only had refused to ald the district but had ae tunlly antagonized hw Iu bis efforts to purify the community altoruey Constitutional Demoorats Win. ST. PETERSBURG, April 3.—The result of the elections yesterday is not definitely known vet, the electoral com missiouers with characteristle Russian uuconcern ban lug sealed up the ballots and postpouwd the count vutil today A sweeping victory for the Constitu tional Democrats Is, however, general ly conceded Hearst May (iet Recount, ALBANY, N.Y, April 3. ~The as serubly has put at the head of today's calendar the bill of Mr. Murphy (Kings), wbich would afford a proce dure by which Willlam Randolph Hearst might secure a recount of the votes cast in the last election In New York city No Water Famine at (olomn, WASHINGTON, April 3 Reports of an tmpeading water famine In Colon bave called forth nn statement Jrom Chief Engineer Stevens to the effect that he has the situation completely In band and there 1a and will be ample water and Lo one will suffer. WANTALFONSO'S LIFE Anarchists Plot Wholesale Assassinations at Seville, MANY ATTEMPTS ON YOUNG KING. Ruler of Spain, Queen Christina and Infanta Maria Teresa Doomed to Death by Black Handers at Lebrija. MADRID, April 8.—King Alfonso's police have discovered an anarchistie plot at Lebrija, the notorious center of the Black Hands, near Seville, to as- sassinate the royal family during the visit of the young king, the dowsger Queen Clristina and the sister of the king, the Infanta Maria Teresa to So ville during holy week That aparchists Lave decreed tle death of the king of Spain has been shown on several occasions duriug the boy's roigu. They came Yery near ac complishing their purpose a vear ago, when during Alfouso's visit to Paris a bomb was hurled gt a carriage in which be and President Loubet were return ing from the opera after midnight. The missile fell short of its mark and ex. ploded without killing any one, several soldiers and pedestrians belong Injured, however On this occasion the king announced that there had been three previous at tempts on his life trom which be had narrowly escaped. A few days previous to the attempt mentioned, while the king Was riding through the streets of Parle. an anarch ist burst through the crowd and. bran dishing a knife, shouted “Down with Inquisitors! Loug live the workmen™ He was seized by the police, and it sub sequently developed that Paris was lit. erally teeming with anarchists during the king's visit and that there was a wall organized plot to kill Lim King Alfonse got his first taste of the uneasiness of crowned heads when Lis coming of age was celebrated Ou that occasion au Insane man atteuipted to reach bl, and it was supposed that he had deslgus ou the king's life In January, 1003 while the king and his wiother were returning from church la Madrid, a shot was fired at the roval Carriage by a wan in the crowd, but the Lullet wont wide of its mark THE “JAIL EDITOR" M. Kamale! Hired as Substitute te Serve Time In Prison. ST. PETERSBURG, April 3—A po litical publication Las resulted iu the arrest of M. Kawalel, “the jall editor” of the Russ, who since the huprison weut of Alexia Souvorin, editor and proprietor of the Huss, aud Lis cou demination in the Fortress of St Peter and Bt. Paul for “Inciting the people to high treason.” has been paid a sal ary for lendiug bis name as responsi ble editor and to serve any sentences that may be imposed M. Souvoriu io Lis lmprisonwent ls treated with extreme lenlency wing permitted to direct Lis paper aud to oc cupy a comfortable suit of roows in the prison ———————— Conference Talked of Reforms. ALGECIRAS, Spain, April 83-The sitting of the conference ou Moroccan reforwus, though primarily devoted to the framing of the protocol, assumed lwportance owing to various delegates moving resolutions directing the atten tion of the sultan of Morocco to the ne Cessity of luternal reforms. Mr, White, the chief of the Awericau delegation, with the support of the Duke of Alo dovar, president of the coufereuce, di rected attention to the unfavorable sit uation of Jews lu Moroccu. Sir Arthur Nicolsou, the British delegate, and M Revoll, the first French delegate, ad vocated the abolition of slavery in Mo rogco Boller Tossed Fifty Feet. CHITTENANGO, N.Y, April 8- Fhe sawwill of Edward Diefeudorf, near here, was blown up by a boller ex- plosion. Edward Diefendorf, Jr. and Patrick Baker were lustantly killed and Jon Higgios and Jesse Kelsey fatally Injured. The boller was tossed tfly feet through the alr, aud the body of young Diefendorf was hurled 300 feet. Irving Laney, who stood directly belind the buller when the explosion occurred injury, the baviug passed over bis head uscaped boller Will Be Greater Than Dreadnought. HIRMINGHAM, Euglaud, April 3 Arrangements are belux minde looking to an aarly laying down of two more warships of the Dreaducught class and two other warships of even larger ton nage nod greater guo power than the Dreadnought A mister slip of the Dreadnought, which will be named the Nelson and which is now Iu course of coustruction at Yarrow, will be launch ed lu June ——————— Ex-King of Dahomey Salle. FORT DE FRANCE, Murtinique April 8. Bebanzin, former King of Da homey, who was exiled to Martinique when the French subjugated hls coun try fn ISO, has salled for Bordeaux on board the steamer Martinique. He has been given perinission by the French government to reside in Algeria Dalgen Got Life Seatence. WARREN, O, April 3. Charles ( Daigen of West Farmlugton, who kil od RK. Lewis, ou trial here, pleaded guilty to second degree murder aud Wie given a life sentence. Lewis was a wealthy farmer, capitalist and loval politician Blanco Seriously 11. MADRID, April L-Genernl Ramon Blanco, the last Spanish governor gen- otal of Cuba, Is seriously IL Weather Probabilities. Falr and warmer; soutbesst winds, , PRICE ONE CENT More New Things -— AT - THE GLOBE New White Goods The very sheer kind and a grade especially made for shadow work. See our val- ues; we are proud of them. We buy direct from the. mills; this means a saving to you. Widths from 30 to 48 inches. Prices from 8c up by easy steps to 50c, ————— New Dotted Swiss The demand for these goods is greater this year than ever. to get. We have them in foreign and domestic make and our prices are right, Beautifu Greys are among the most and invisible checks are very much in favor, as well as the soft fabrics in plain colors. Ladies’ Neckwear We have some new novel- ties in this line in shadow, cyelet, baby Irish, ete. See them; they are different Wednesday Specials 200 yards silver bleached table linen, pure flax, usual price 55c. Wednesday spe- ‘ial, 48e¢. Grash Toweling One half bale 18 inch brown linen toweling, extra heavy, 80 per cent linen. Wednesday, Ge. Dress Goods 92 inch panama, all wool, in tan, grey, reseda, red and navy; worth at least 75ec. Note the width. Wednes- day special, 59c¢. Globe Warehouse. Taimadge Block, Blmer Ave. VALLEY "PHONP, TT H. H. Mercereau, Attorney-at-Law Notary Public special attention to Pension Papers. Valley Phove 11 X, 12 Davmond Street, Sayre. 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