RIE Sem sed wavert. ms INSURANCE Bought, Sold and Losas Negotiated Pasker Ave., 230x, Sayre, Pa. Y COAL C0. San Fr: isco Sees of Ghast. ly Deeds. SOLDIERS WETE OUT STERN JUSTICE Death Reports Differ—General Greely Gives 377 as Total, While Coroner Walak's Estimate Is Not Less Than u Thousand. BAN FRANCISOO, April 35 —-An of- ficial repoil sent Ly Geueral Greely of the extent of the loss of life lu Sau Francisco i= as follows: “Very careful investigation made by Captain Winn mits as fur as laforma- tic is olitaluable the entire San Fran- Cisco death list from late disaster to 277 victimes; of these about fifty un- Eoown gathered from various parts of the city have been temporarily buried iu Lombard and Ray streets, Washiug™ ton square and Portsmouth square. Io the Valencia hotel fourteen bodies were recovered and fifty-six others are believed to have pecishied in the ruins” Secretary Shaw has sent $15,000,000 of treasury funds to San Francisco for bank deposit to relleve wouey strin- gency. Dauger of pestilential epidemic ap pears averted, Lut hundreds of cases of puenmonia are now reported lu the refugee camps. Ralus sddal to the general misery. Several cases of intermittent lusaul- ty have appeared amobg quake sur- vivors owing to oversiraiued nerves, Fortifications at the Golden Gate suf- fered severely !u the earthquake, and pearly all the big yuu batieries are useless, Chiostewn Is goue forever from its old site. Mayor Schmitz has ordered that all the Chinese be couceutinted on Hunter's point, several miles from the city’s cehler. Willis Ames. n Salt Lake man who escaped from San Fraocisco, wakes a ghastly statement, saying: “While I was walking about the streets | saw aw after man shot down by the troops Most of these MAJOR GENERAL A. W, GREELY. were ghouls. Une man made the troop- er belleve that ume of the dead bodies ying ou 2 pile of rocks was his mother, and he was permitted to go up to the body, Apparently overcome by grief, be threw Limself across the corpse. In auotber lostant the soldier discovered that he was chewing the diamond ear rings from the ears of the dead wom- ap. ‘Here ls where you get what ia coming to you,’ sald one of the soldiers, and with that be put a bullet through the ghoul. The diamonds were found io the wan's wouth afterward.” That three wen wers shot to death ou & blazing rvof In Sam Franclsco to keep them Troms belug burted alive is solemnly asserted by Max Fast, a gas ment worker “When the fire caught the Windsor botel at Fifth and Market,” sald Mr, Fast, “there were three men ou the roof, and it was Impossible to get them down Rather than see the crazed wen fall fu with the roof aud be roast ed alive the military officer directed Lis men fo sheot them, which they did in the presence of 5000 people. | saw great stones fall on three wen uear the city ball, crushing the life out of them In Union square I stood beside n won ag who diel actually from fright and thirst. Her last request was for water, abd we had none to give her” Jobin Cashiuear, su old soldier frow Spearfish, 8. I). says be saw the mill tary shoot a negro near the city hall The uegro Lad been robblug the corpse of a woman nud fo get a ring from Ler swollen finger cut the finger off “The sentry on duly uear Van Ness avenie,” added Mr. Casliuear, “ordered a friend of mine who was eutering hls howe 10 cose out of there, as It was about to be dynswited My friend waved his band back toward the sol dier, saying. “This I» my house, aud | bays a right to gu In Fhe soldier in- stuutly killed hiss. On the other hand, I what (0 way that the soldiers were generally kind and belpiul snd deplor. ed these hasty action= of their com: rades just ns much as we did” The refugees are rapidly thinning out of Golden Gate park and the Panban- die. The police estimated that 2,000 people left the park, and there are About S000 lef. The ral had little de pressing effect on the spirits of the peo- ple seeking shelter in the teats. One mau tacked np (ou froot of bis tent a sign, taken from a cheese box, "Keep ~The jntive uabitable bart of San tink been or inte dis- < | so | hat the total number of dead will not be less tha as Uibusand. A Inte report says that 400 more bod- {es have been gucovered in the ciear- ing away of Market street ruins. Fa. tality estimates are steadily rising. Once the pride of San Francisco, Yan Ness avenue (s fat as the earth from dynamite and gun cotton. Every pound did t= work. and though the ruins burned it was but feebly. From Golden Gate avenue north the fre crossed the wide street in but one place. That was the Clans Spreckels place on the coruer of California street. There the flames were writhing up the wills before the dyvuamifers could reach it. Yet they made their way to the fouudailpus carrying their explo sives despite the furnace like heat The dynamitog squad of Capialn MuacBride saw that a stand was hope fess except vn Yau Ness avenue. The rulued Liock that met the wide thor oughfare formed a trench through the clustered structures that the confiagra tion, wild as it was, could sot leap. The desolate waste straight through the Leart of the city is a wute witness to the most hervic and effective work of the whole calamity. Three meu did this, and when their work was over and what stood of the city rested quietly for the firat time they departed as modestly as they had come They were ordered fo save Ban Fraucisco, and they obeyed orders, and Captain MacBride and Lis two gunners made history ou that dreadful uight Oue of the grewsome scenes that has followed the fire was that withessed on Telegraph and Hussian hills aud along the eutire north beach frout of the city when scores of bailf starved dogs were found eatiug human bodies. The anl- mals were discovered gnawing and tearing at the corpses half burned in the ruins. [nu response to appeals that something be done Lluejackets were detalled fou cover the sections desig usted nud kill all dogs found in those viclultles. All morning rifle reports could be beard ou the hillside and along the Leach as the dogs were killed, MANIACS TERROR. Denver Man Describes Burning eof Asylum Near San Jose, DENVER, Colo, April 25 —Nothiug could be wore terrible thau the calawmn ity at St. Agnes’ asylum, bear Sau Jose, a8 described by R. L. Drinkwater of Denver. He fled to San Jose from Sau Fraocisce only to find that he Lad gone frou bud to worse, He sald “We went to St. Agues’, where we bad a friend, aud found the asylum In rulns and 200 demented creatures buried there. It was a sight to trans. fix one with borror to see scores of mad wen nnd women strapped to trees all over the grounds, crying, shrieking aod carsing “Ordinarily troublesome in thelr way, the excitement of the falling building made them mad indeed, and thelr un. canny looks aud tery eyes were terri: bie to beliokl. Nothing could be done for them, as there was no place to pat them, aud every sane nan, woman and child available was digging to release the other ynfortnuates buried In the rulus “Ob, such cries as cawe seemingly from the Lowels of the earth: “The devils have got we. Let weout' ‘lam the king. You cannot kill me” ‘I want my supper. I waut my dinver.' Just ss tbe vogury seized then they cnlled out their disordered thonghits nor even guessed thelr true condition.” SAN FRANCISCO'S SPIRIT. Workman MHuraned His Hands Using Hot Bricks to Rebuild. OAKLAND, Cal, April 25-W. D Wood, former mayor of Seattle, who catne to Sau Fraucisco lmwediately after the receipt of thie reports of the earthquake to search for relatives who bad beeu vikitiug lu that city, express ed bls Impressions as follows: “San Fruucisco Is a world lessou lu optimism.” he sald “Her triumph is proportionate to her wisfortune. ‘Ihe spirit of her forty -nivers nud Ler na tive sous falters at nothing. Already she 18 rising from ber nels The wan who burned lis Lands because he tvuld not wait for the bLricks to cool truly represents the Sau Fruuclsco spirit “The new Sau Fraucisco will be bet ter than the old, as was the case lu Boston, Chicago, Seattle, Galveston and Baltimore, but ou a wuch larger scale Thirty days will see W000 meu at work In the burned district” Her Fiuger Was Cut OS. COLORADO SPRINGER, (‘vlo, April 25 ~Passlug through this city was a Sag Francisco fugitive who sald her name was Miss Loguu. She wore a bandage on ber left band aud sald that while she lay auconsclous upon the floor of the lubliy of the St. Fruncls ho tel there after the earthquake last Wednesday morning the third Onger of her left hand was cut off, and she was robbed of rings that she had worn there. The young woman twenty years of age aud Is aliost pros trated with grief and lmliguation, Labor's Appeal For San Francisco. WASHINGTON, April 25 The exec utive council of the Awmericad Federa tion of Labor, through President Sam vel Gompers, issued an appeal to all organized labor throughout the country i FRANCE IS IN PERIL Law and Order Bows Before : Mob Violence. CLEMENCEAU UNDER THE RED FLAC Riots Increase Because of Mild Meas. ures of the Governmeni~Troeops Prevented From Enforciag Order—Big Strikes Are On. PARIS. April 20 — France at the pres- ent moment is face to face with the gravest peril that cau weocace a de MOCTACY or uny form of government. The law Las bowed before the mob la wore than one disturbed district, with the inevitable result. Rebellion bas begun. and ansrchy threatens to follow swiftly not ouly at the scenes of the prevailing riots, but In Paris itself, The ranks of the sirikers are belug constantly augwented, sud on May day, the labor Jay of France, a serious general movement is probable Biuce the retirement of Prime Min ister Waldeck-Rousseau the country has not had a strong governwent io its Internal sdmlalstration. Virtual treason Liss Leen talked openly lu cer taiu quarters for mouths past. When AM. Clemenceau, who is the real head of the Fallleres administration, came into power six weeks Agu every vue expected a stern, DUraconle administra tion. He had Leen known for twenty years as the ilon of French politics He bad wade and remade cabloeis sat Lis pleasure, scorning to take office himself, yet Le was the most feared wan lu Freucl political life. His first action, or that of the cabl- pet, wus virtually to suspend the exe cutiou of the separation law. Theu came the Courrieres disaster. The ig. norant, superstitious population at first regarded the calamity as a visitation of God to punish France for divorcing the church snd state, aud they wade violent demoustratious agaiust the representatives of gutbority. This out burst exhausted Itself and popular wrath turned agalust the wine owners. A strike begun. Clemenceau went to the mines aud had all but restored order wheu several survivors of the disaster, brought to light three weeks after the accident, disclosed the fact that wapy wore might have been reached If the work Lad been futelli gently conducted. The miners became convinced that the companles had de- liberately sucrflced many lives by covering certain shafts iu order to stiother the fire. This was uutrue, hut the Idea uaturaily lufuriated the popu lace. Iligh Lauded outrages were com mitted and soon developed into u reigu of terror. More than 40,000 meu joined iu open deBlauce of the law sud its representatives A. Clemenceau sent troops to Pas de Calals, but they were lustructed to be mild with the erring miners. The sirikers attacked thew. More thay 100 soldiers were wounded, yet not a shot was fired The winister of the interior went ounce wore to the disturbed districts He told the leaders of the strike that thay really wust uot act ia this violent way. He eveu went so far as to intl inate that if things got much worse the soldiers wight Le compelled to use thelr weapons At the close of his visit there was an swmsziog scene. M. Clewencean walked in a friendly way down the street with a large cowpapy of revolutiouists There was a red flug lo the group and souie sang the seditious soug “luterna- tional” They wet a column of cavalry and M. Cleuieuceau’s companions joined lo loud bisses aud Jeers, and the winister of the iluterior listened lu slience. He wade po attempt not to Identify im self with the lusult to suthority It Is pot to be wondered at that the wovewent is spreading like wildfire awony all the walconteuts lo the cvun try Ureat strikgs are uow lu progress at Brest, Toulon aud wost of the seaports, aud every preparation bas been made in Paris fur a geueral outbreak ou May day or earlier The Royallets, Clericals, auarchists all the enemivs of the government, have re-enforced the great body of organized labor. What the eud will be God alone kuows About #0000 wiuers ure till on strike, and frequent affrays take place bit the presence there of 25.000 troops aud wholesele arrests of the riuglead ers Lave weasurably restored cain. lu the sawe pur! of the country the ron sud glass workers of Densin are on strike, but most of thew resumed work owlug to the steru repression of the authorities Patrols traverse the streets and bou Rvards, giving outward evideoce of stroug wiilitary preparatious The foregolog Is werely a precursor Inaugurated Mav 1, when It Is expect ed that the entire proletariat will guit for a day aud perhaps for a louger pe Tiod of time Stillman-Barbour Wedding at Detroit DETROIT, Mich, April 20 — Miss Es telle Barbour, daughter of George H Harbour of this city, was married yes terday aftéeruncou to George 8. Silliman of New York io the Fort Street Pres byterinu churel. Nearly 2000 guests were present Her Ashes Sent te Amerion. MILAN, April 23 The ashes of Mrs the California Suriliqiaxe aud fire suf ferery. rr A psn #1 trwia Cuntribites $1,000, "denly last week have been sent to the United States, as Las also the body of Mrs, W. Townsend of Boston, whe dled of heart fatlure at Menugglo, WHEN GREEK MEETS AMERICAN. Daniels of New York First In Swim at Olymple Games. ATHENS, Greece, April 25 —Pbhalerum was the scene of the principal earlier events of the Olympic coutésis, con- sisting of boat racing and swimming. The Italiaus distinguished themselves iu the rowing, and Daunlels of the New York Athletic elub distinguished him self la the swimming Soateat. C. M. Dauleis, N. Y. A. C, bolder of the worid's malo "yoo yards swinnning record, won the first heat of the 100 melers swimming race In 1 minute 17 33 seconds. Healey of Austrulia was second, 1 minute 17 45 seconds. J H. Darbyshire, England, was third. ‘There were six starters The second beat of the 100 meters swilniniug race was won by Had wilovic, Wales, 1 winute 41 seconds Hallway, Hungary, was second, 1 min ule 48 seconds. Marquand Schwartz, Missourl Athletic club, St. Louls, Mo, champion swimmer of the Western us sociation A A. U, was third There were twelve starters : The six wen sawed above will con test In the BSual beat of the IW meters face The Italians wou the four cared gigs, six cared uavy and the whalers In slashiug style, the French taking the seco] place lu the four cared gigs and the Greeks fuisbiug second in the six cared race. The wile swim was won in a magult- ceutl manuer by Taylor, Eaglish. At no tle was he pressed He received A great ovation WOODHAVEN STAKES. Bertmont, Second Chelce, Won Fea ture at Agqueduot. NEW YORK. April 25 — Bertmont, the second choice, scored an sasy vie tory In the Woodhaven stakes at Aque duct, defeating Athens, who was play- ed down frou Sto2te 7 1o 5 Athens was the pacemaker to well Into the stretch, when Balrd brought Bertmont up and won by three lengths, The winner opened at § to 5 lu the Letting, but the heavy play ou Athens forced Lis price back I'wo favorites were successful. Summaries First Race —Calabash, first; lent, second; Waralng, third, Secoud Hace —Clewsents, first; secoud; Ecouomy, third Third Race — Ebony, first; secoud; Janets, third Fourth Hace Bertwout, ens, second; Molesey, third Fifth Race. Chimney Sweep, first; Towwy Waddell, second; Sailor Boy, third Sixth Race. Belle of Pequest, Saliars, secoud; Duenua, third BASEBALL SCORES. Beusvo- Mirza, Parkville, first; Ath Arst; Games Flayed Yesterday by the Nao tional and American Leagues. NATIONAL LEAGUE Atl New York- Brooklyn New York Hits Brooklyn, 1} i. Kr rors ~Srookiyn, 4 New York rx Hitleries . Beanlon and Mergen, Wiltse, Moe and Bresnahan lon Philadelphia § 09140 009 oF Boston 00002061004 Hite— Philadelphia. 7; Boston. 8 Errors ~FPhlladeiplila. 4, Boston, 7. Batteries Dug leby and Donovan, Maroney aad Needham Al Chicago—- Pittsburg 0 Chicago . u Hits— Pittsburg Pittsburg. € field and Peltz At Cincinnatl 8t. Louis : 61901100 3-¢ e000 2010-2 13. C Wes 0, §. Errors Chlcago latteries— Lae Hrown nd Riing ¢ 400 vv 2 1-H Cinclnna tl CO 400 21 0-9-3 Hits—S8t. Louis, 12, Cinclunatl, 8 Errors St. Louls I; Clncinnatl, 4 Batteries Brown and Holmes, Duclhiot and Phelps TABLE OF PERC EN TAUKS New York Philadelphia Pittsburg Bt Louis Chicago Boston Cincinnati Brooklyn AO da ~ WIS eee AMERICAN LEAGUE At Philadelphia Naw York Soni Philadelphla gy 089 ¢ Hits—New York, 4 Fhiladelpht rore-New York. 1. Philadelphia, 3 terfes Clarkson and Kleluow, Bender and Schreck At Washington Haston glazisedon Washington ¢ 90 3 v0 0-2 Hits—~Hobton 19 "Washington 5 Errors Boston. ©, Washiugton., s Hallerics Tannehill and Graham; Falkenberg. Hey: dou, Hardy, Kitson and Waketleld At Bt. Louls Detroit Bt. Louis 1 Hits: Detrolt, 4 Errors Detroit 23, St Louls, 1. Batteries Dono- van and Warner. Peltz and Rickey [TABLE OF PERULN AGES 0 ¢ 1 © “9 Philadelphia Chicago Detroit Washington New York Cleveland t. Louis Boston Ee... Ceuas amie Carvilun Team Left Flela CHARLOTTESVILLE April 25 With Jauies on third iu the ulath inn ing of the University of Virginia:-Unl versity of North Carvliun game here Cunninghaie bit a fast ball to frst base, which Virglule Leugue Umpire Hoffner called a foul, Jawes scoring weauw bile. Carollua left the field, and the game was declared forfeited to Virginia Susu held Carollun to three slugles, soute, Ho 0 \a Lady Navarre Won Derby, MEMPHIR, Tenn, April 25 Charles Ellison's good three year-old filly Lady Navarre won the rich Tennessee Derby in a bard drive down the stretch Ly a length frown M. I. Ticheuor's Califor nia Derby winger, Good Luck. Ellison also secured third woney with James Heddick Empress Dowager tlves L LE PEKING, April 23 ~The empress downger has sent to the American le gation a check for $0.00 for the re Nef of the sufferers from the disaster at San Francisco and ( sending $20. 000 to fhe Chinese (0 that city. OUR FIRST ADMIRAL President and Brilliant Assem- bly Pay Last Honore, JOHN PACL JONES' BODY BURIED. Recsevelt Fralses Hero-Patriot and Gives His Heasons Vor Selecting Affnpolis as a Hesting Place Vor Remains. ANNATOLIE Md. April 25 Pres dent Roosevelt and his eabluet, high diguitaries of the federal government governors of states and tives of thie French republic Anbassador Jusserand sud Hear Ad miral Brevoe de la Peyrere attended the burial bere of Jolin Paul Joles fa ther of the American puvy, with all the houors which were his due. For 1m years John Paul Jones had slept ia an uhwarked grave in Paris Resoual from obscurity by General Horace Por repressili Lieadesd by JOHN PAUL ter, the great commuudore’s body now lies In one of the most Leautiful balld ings of the Naval academy, whose genius hie Is to be. French and Amer! can warships boomed out a uuignificent salute, Freuch and American naval bauds played dirges and a cliorus of 330 volces sang a requiew as the Tuner al procession moved from the arwory, where the ceremonies were Leld lo Bancroft Lall, where the hero's refuaing will rest uut!l the crypt planued for its reception Is completed The Baltluiore Orator the “Star Spangled Banuver” as Presi dent Hovsevell ruse to speak, and the Marsellliise” Awbassador Jussetand’s address Geueral Horace Porter, Johu Paul Joues to his adopted coun try; Secretary Bonaparte of the unvy aud Warfield of Maryland also spoke. The president said In part “When the body of John Paul Jones was brought howe to Awerica the rep resenitatives of nmauy different wrule to me, each asking that It should Aud its last resting place in his city, But 1 feel that the place of all others in which the memory of thie dead Liero will most surely be a liviug force le here In Aunapolls, where year by year we turn out the midshipmen who are to officer lu the future the navy, amoog whose founders the dead man stands first. Moreover, the future naval oti cers who live within these walls will find the career of the wan whose life we thls day vol werely a subject for admiration and respect, but an object lessou to be takeu luto thelr iunerviost hearts Every officer iu uavy should Kuow by beart the dels of John Paul Jouvs. Every officer lu our savy shivuld feel tn each Aber of his belog the eager desire to ewulate the euergy, the professiounl capacity RN RRS AN NN JOXER y =uciely snug preceded who restored Guvernor cities celebrate a NN GENERAL HORACE PORTER the ludowmitable deterwination aud davntless scorn of death which mark ed Jobin Paul Joues above all lis fel luws We wet bere to do bonor to the witglity dead. Rewewber that ow words of adiuitution are but as sound Ing brass sud tiokbug cymbals if du uot by steady preparation sud by the cultivation of seul aud wind and tie of prepared to emulate Lave we body fit vurseives so that in ued we shall be their deeds “Let through this fastitution remember as he looks upon the tomb of Jolin Paul Jones that while uo for the ack of that efficiency which Cute through careful prepara tion lu advance, through careful tralo lng of the wen and careful Btling vs of the euglnes of wai these things can wotnent of crisis the Beart rises level! with the Crisis “Ihe uavy whose captains surtender Is sure In the rau to whip the navy whose captains will sur reiider unless the lnajuality Of skill or force is prodigious. The conivage which never yields cannot take the place of the possession of good ships and good weapons and the ability skilifullysto We tiene ships aud these weapons, but every midshipman whe passes courage can stom only yel that none of sval!l nuless la the vill not lou BU often atoue for many PRICE ONE CE} Our Annual Curtain Helow we give a pal list of curtaing on sale There are Irish Point, Wire Backs, cte., not included in the following list. x quotations are taken a those in the window only. Many other numbers we will gladly show with pro- portionate reductions: : 15¢ ruflled swiss - Goce "” & 75¢ “ $100 *“ 1.25 + 1 35 ““ a0c 2} yds Nottinghams, ; 6c 24 “ $1.25 31 yds 1 35 LL] i“ “ 1.50 3 " 1.65 " 1.95 " 1.85 " 2.00 " 2 2s i 2.50 2.85 3.00 3.50 3.75 1.50 5.00 Wash Goods We have added se very pretty lines of s plain colors and figured x terials, every onc sparkli with freshness. Al Prt yo and our values are ne beaten. 39% w tt ek Bt - PEF i New Shirt Waists. Just received new line of white shirt waists, short and long sleeves. We are just as hard to beat on shirt waists as anything else. They are bought in the Scranton store for both wholesale and retail depar ments, the combined output of which compares favors: bly with the largest con- sumers in the state, hence our remarkable values in dry goods of all Kinds. We buy right shirt waists. ¥ Wednesday Special One case Galatea cloth best make, perfect goods in plains, stripes and figures white, black, navy, cadet and red grounds. everywhere for from 15a to 18¢. Our price for one day only, Wednesday, 2 Globe Ware ) Talmadge Block, Elmer — VALLEY PHONE. A.E BAKER, Carpenter and Builder. R. H. DRISLANE, Contractor and Builder Plans and Estimates Torsaind 210 Miller & Ev New and ‘ e ow I Piet Rates $1.50 Per Day. TE DR. A. 6. REES, 100 Lake 8¢, West ayes, OFFICE HOURS: $10 11:00 a.m, 3 to 0:00,
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