chants; you served you. best know how we have No woman should fail to and money saver. prices and deliver them te THIK § OR see this time » your home Get coats, broidery ; a few days ago. preserve it. pounds. THI guide Petti- blind em- Nightgowns, with fine SECOND FLOOR White They ices, : wardrobe. will soon be out. ment. Exclusively shown At factory prices. BASEMENT Walking Skirts Prices $1.89 to $9.50. SECOND FLOOR rugs. by us. Also ubber tires, 15% off on Kashmir Our THIRD FLOOR “ “" “ 3 A number other styles price. 1905 output. over small buyers. BASEMENT ‘ 4.67 at the small buying and dows. Euough cash car lot purchase governs. 89c to $1.37 Excellently made win- They BASEMENT Wa GAREY, 3 JUSTICE'OF THE PEACE Office Maney & Page Hlock, Rooms formerly occupied by the ate John R. Murray, Offios hours: —9 to 10 a. m.; 6:30 to8 p,m. At other tlues during day at Valley Record office, C.J. Kirchn, SAYRE'S LEADING ORAYMAN. Pianos, Household Goods, Safes c LAWS & WINLACK, at Law. TRANSACTED. LAWS’ BUILDING, 219 DESMOND ST, Valley Phone 180-A. Sayre, LENIGH AND SCRANTON COAL At the Lowest Possible Prices. Orders can be left at West Sayre Drug Btore, both phones; or at the Eris street yards at Sayre. Both Phones, COLEMAN WASSLER, HILL & BEIBACH CAFE Best of Everything Lockhart St. — TOLD HOW HE GOT IT, Cassatt's Assistant Got Stock Worth $307,000 as bree Gif PHILADELPHIA, May 24 terstiute commerce con el its investigation of the Penusyiva nia raliroad relation to the coal cow panies The first witness called was W. A. Pattou, assistant to President Cassatt at Philadelphia The examination of Mr. Patton veloped the fact that he held stock iu a dozen coal companples, 4.140 stares of which with a par value of £7 000 he had acquired without payment. lu addition he owned TOU shares which Lad teen paid for How do you explain the fact, Mr Patton” querisd Mr Glasgow, the cow w that you acquired priucipally throng George PF Hull such au enormous amount of stock ¥”’ Mr Patton sald be was born lu west ery Penusyivania and had been a life loug frieud of Colonel Huff Frieud- ship,” he said, goes 8 good ways Iliess stocks were not given for The in ission resain de isslous atturuey we supa ules Sowe years apo the Peun yivania Raliroad company bad to vu uruge the developments of the soft cual lends Then It was pot considered a crime, as it appears to be now, for a rallroad man to hold stock in a coal company. | bave pever attempted to | conceal my ownership of coal cowpauy stock.” that you owned this stock? asked Mr Glasgow I think Mr Hoberts aud Mr sou were’ And Mr Cassatt?’ “1 Judge 0 It nowpn.” Tbe relaticus of Colonel Huff with the Pennsyivania railroad officials gen Mr Patton sald, were pleasant Commissioner asked the witness If Le did not think there was dauger of discrimi rall road officials held coal company stock He admitted that there might be an | element of dsuger was generally erally Clements ation when HE DARED NOT TELL. Puitan Abdul Hamid Thinks ley 1s Still President. WASHINGTON, May 24 Bey tou for the last four years, has not as yet presented Lis credentials Tbe official reason given by Chekib is that those papers must of course be nobody in Coustantivople bas the har an explanation of the fact that Pres) dent McKinley met Lis death at the bands of an assassin. So great is the | horror of the sultan on the subject of | assassination of the world's rulers that | not one of Lis subjects dares to tell him that President McKinley was mor dered. | The sultan, secording to the official | sxmlapatian of (hekib Bey. Las Dever beard the slightest uthuation of the assassination f Mr McRKiuley, and his officials fear that the news would have a disastrous effect upon the ruler of all the Turks as well as upon their own well being The credentials of Chekib Bey are therefore addressed to President Me Kinley, and until soiue oue musters sufficient courage to tell Atwiul Hamid of the facts his minister ust iapguish without proper papers oO Jolt for Idlers. “You can keep the sun off with an umbrella,” says the Bilivilie Banner, “but you can’t make a living by hold- ing It in one band and working with the other “— Atlanta Constitution FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Closing Stock Quotations. Money on call firm at 3 per cent, prime mercantile paper. 4Ubls per cent, ex- changes $3253 45 783 balances, 315.487.0710 Closing prices Amal Copper 1g Atchison LLL 183 B &0O A "r. oe N Y. Central Norf & Weal Penn R RH Headin Rock Sinai St Paul Southern Pac Southern Ry South Ry pt Sugar Texas Pacific Union Pacific, U 8B Stes U 8 Steel pf West Unlen WTS By Tuy Brooklyn R T Ny C.C.CastL = Chess & Ohio LE) Chi & Northw Ml D aH n: Erie “hy Gen. Electric 147 Ul Central 17g Lackawanna bey Louls & Naab 10% ; Manhattan 162 | Metropoiltan 14 Missouri Pac °N Us oe Ue Ty 148 wy 1% iw i New York Markets. FLOUR giady, but slow. Minneso atents, MGW, winter SSL Sushi u nter pat 4. winter extras 1 092 | ents, Seu N WHEAT Good rains in the sputhwest caused wheat to rule lower: July | 88 11-180. Beplember, Bi,uss 11-16 CORN Favorable weather and liberal recnipty together with the Break In wheat imparted easiness to corn. July, » St BUTTER -Creamery, extra, pa. 19,0104 Arsts WBQIk. | wes a 1 eastern dalry cholie, IMg@isig« CHEESE Receipts, 32% boxes, the mar- ket 1a firm and higher under continued high cost at puints of production large and small sizes of new now sell at 105 old cheese 13 dull and weak, pew state full cream, large. Dest, Wie alr ww good, PYSo , small best, 10% fuir to good, UY light akima best, gig , art akims we, BRET oid. state, ind small, colored asd . 890d to prime r dog- Yidos Fresh gathered, extra Ax nearby fresh gathere: exira Brats, 8g i LEW! que city, ba; country, bQ | Bge Yar- Firm. shipping, BGs we | choice. Of RAW -Dull long rye, 8@7x IEANS- Quiet, marrow £5 Wylie, dium $206, pea, $1 6. red kidoey. BR HOPS Quiet state commen to choice, 198, 10g 1004, Mx olds. nominal; Pacift coast, 186 »yilk Ind, gle | olds pron LIVE POULTRY 1c ald roosters Bc |, ducks, 12u124Ge DRESSED cholce, 14 | old roosters cholce, Ue; do broliers, nearby Be. prir lar 1 GLa ull cream white fancy good te Quiet, fowls, 18 spring chickens, Heese, 104G1lc POULTRY Firm, do. fair to good, 1 hk fowls, 11% ens 14c a x roasting C falr to good, a0 Wx do i ¢ Live Stork Markets. CATTLE — Supply fair, market slow { choice, $B AALW. prime, EXPE W. veal “Yih le light upply market slow heavies, mediums and heavy adil Jant Yorkers. . 44 Pl ano Ea ly fair; . wer, prime -; and Pre Miss Myra Shaw was in Elmira today. The Chaffee shoe store is being repainted. at Towanda today. Howard Cole and wife drove back to Troy today. Mark A. Forrest and wife were in Athens yesterday afternoon on business. Miss Duncan of Duluth, spending a few days with Miss Elizabeth Payne. Mr. EE Vandine of Troy, was in Athens last evening and stayed at the home of James Henry. Miss Elva Carter, who has been visiting at the home of H S Atkins, returned to Laceyville this morn ing a Erastus W Kcllogg of Elmira, rode down to Athens in his broth- stay a short time with friends. town, who has been the guest of Mrs. ]-O home today Mrs. Charles O Snyder, who has been so dangerously sick at the hospital, returned home Friday and is able to be out doors these sunshiny days. Wickwire, Mrs. James Brooks of Elmira spent last night with Mrs. Seth Hawkins, she being on her way to Black to care for her sister, Mrs. Preston, who is quite all. The concert to be given Tuesday evening, May 29, at the ME church, will be one of the best ever heard in Athens. Get your reserved seat tickets at Sanford’s drug store. Mrs. D McClarty entertained a large number of her lady friends | yesterday afternoon from 3 to 6 o'clock, in honor of Mrs. Charles | Edwards of Poultney, Vermont. Mrs. E M. Cowell, Mr. and Mrs. | O. I. Haverly, Miss Payne, the Misses Maurice, and Misses Half~ penny, laura Drake and Efa Heath attended the concert in Wa- verly last evening. Mrs. F. A Armstrong enter- pany of ladies and gentlemen last | evening. It was a very pleasant gathering and enjoyed by all. All members of Washington Camp No 633, P O.S of A, are requested to attend the meeting Fnday evening, as business of im- portance is to be transacted By order of President A. M. Hun. singer. Rev. Alvin C Sawtelle, who was ordained Tuesday evening, has ac- church at Little Britain, Lacka- wanna county, and John V. Axtell will have charge of three mission churches in the Adirondacks. The funera] 1 of the late Victor 210 Chestnut street, this afternoon at 4 o'clock, Rev. F. L Allen drive to Wesauking tomorrow, where the remains will be interred The members of the Grand Army and the orders that are to attend church with them are re quested to meet at Grand Army hall at :30 o'clock Sunday morn- ing for the purpose of marching in a body to the Presbyterian church to listen to the sermon by Rev A, F. von Tobel. issued orders, effective after June 1, requiring owners of rural delivery boxes to display signals on their boxes when mail 1s to be collected. The nature of the signal is not specified, only that it be such as to be noticed by the carriers. Boxes having no signals will not be ex amined by carriers except as they may have mail to deposit. Carriers collect the mail except when they mail ‘matter in the box, in 4 PARTIAL PROCRAM 1560 Athens—Maj W W. H. H. Gore, ! | chairman of committee for Memo- | rial Day, has issued a partial pro- published later: Teams will leave Athens for Sheshequin at 7 o'clock | a.m on the morning of May 30, and the usual services will be held 3 in the forenoon, Paul E Maynard, | Esq, delivering the address Res form at the corner | Bridge streets, and wll consist of the fire department, P. 0. S. of A, Perkins Post, the U. V. L and other soldiers They will be headed march down Main street to Tioga street, and will then countermarch to the Tioga Point cemetery, where the memonal services will be held and and also the dedication of the soldiers’ bunal plot. Rev. Dr W. G Simpson will deliver the address and Rev. A F von Tobel will make the opening prayer. A de- tail of police wil! b: present to pre. |vent teams from driving over the | grounds. HOME WAS DESTROYED Athens—Ralph Toz-r, Esq, yes- |terday received a letter from Miss | Madge Tozer, dated at St. Louis, | containing information in relation to his nephew, Ralph Tozer, which he has been anxiously awaiting for some time. Mr. Tozer resid:d in San Francisco at the, time of the earthquake. Miss Tozer writes that their home and all its contents were destroyed. Theirs was one the houses that was dynamited in order to arrest the progress of the flames. Mr Tczer was a newspaper man and edited the Sporting Jour- nal. He had also written a book, the manuscript of which was de- stroyed. He sees no prospect of resuming business in SanFrancisco and will probably locate at Seattle | There seems to be a feeling of dis- {trust among the people of San | Francisco, and but few will remain | who have not property interests in |the city. |$3.00 to Buffalo and Niagara | Pails, N. Y. aod return, account Lehigh i Valley railroad excursion, Decoration | Day, May 30. Tickets sold May 30th {with return limit May 31st, good going a retarning on all trains, except the Black Diamond Express, within prescrib- | ed limit. For further particulars see Lehigh Valley ticket agents. 12-td i We have | as large a line of | Hosiery as you will find in this valley. Ladies’ lace hose, black, white and cream, 15¢ and 25¢. La- dies’ seamless “cotton hose, double heel and toe, 10c. La- dies’ hose, 40 guage, double heel and toe, 15c; 2 for 25c. Corson hose for ladies, im- proved split foo', 25¢ Large assortment men's and chil- dren's hose, 10, 15, 20c and two for 25¢c. Seeing is being convinced. D. E. MCMAHAN, 1. 0 O. F. Block, Cor. Pine and Ma'n Sts., Athens B. F.LAUER'S SOF SHOP B. F. Lauer desires to give notice to | public that he has purchased the Esta- bicok building, 604 South Main street, lately occupied by James Smith and Le will open up a shoe shop there about June 1st. He desires to see all his old and new customers. The Record, has the best House Lease ever printed In Bradford county; also Vest Pocket and Desk Receipt Books; and a variety of Legal B for Justices and Constables ALEX D. STEVENS, INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE. Loans Negotiated, Insurance Writ- ten, Houses Rented, Rants Col- lected, Taxes Paid. ROOM y, ELMER BLOCK LOCKHART ST., SAYRE A. H. MURRAY, M.D. SPECIALTIES: Diseases of the Ear, Nose and of Glase- ERE REN J WILLIAMS | SHOES Ww A comparison Ag 3% & SUTTON SHOES § will convince you Bridge Work Our Specialty Bring Your Job Printing to Office “The Satisfactory Place. From four to eight skilled on|2 printers and a new, up-to-date equipment are at your service. Our patrons say we have the disposition to please. We keep our promises, Talmadge Bullding, Elmer Ave., Sayre, |° Yalley Phone 28x. WE PRINT The Valley Record ble and Tailors, Clothiers Lockhart St., LEHIGH VALLEY R. R. (In effect Nay 13, 190t ) Traiss leave Sayre us follows: RASTBOUND. A M. 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