For mie in Athens, anaes INSURANCE ore —Rxshanged — Loats Negotiated _ {iT Packer Ave. WS & WINLACK, and Coumselors : : at Law. | 'RENERAL LAW BUSINESS ~ TRANSACTED, Tr W. BISHOP, The constant repetition of delivering good coal has ns our reputation. handle Lehigh valley A Batten Coal Hard and Bats Wood and Steam Coal. 5 CLAREY COAL C0. Lahigh Valley Coal | bealth abousids in every bot- tle of STEQMAIERS’ PORTER It is a PURER prodact of MALT and HOPS. » TRRETTIT ae ——————— Reno (Nev.) OCourta GIRL SCORES NEW YORK'S RICH MEX Mise Addie Corey Said Steel Magnate Was Not a Fit Person te Have Charge of Young Allan, a Hia Own Soa. RENO, Nev, July 31. Mrs. William Ellls Corey, wife of the president of the United States Steel corporation, has been awarded a divorce in the Second district court of Nevada. The case was submitted without argument, atd the jury took but one ballot Mrs Corey was in tears when told that she bad been given a decree and the custody of ber sixteen year-old son, Allan Corey. No evhlence was sub- mitted by the defeuse, and there wis Bo argument. The question of alimony was not In. troduced. Mrs. Corey made an inter- esting sdmission that she bad negotiat. od through ber attorneys a Suancial set tlement with her husband. “I am a resldeut of Reno, Nev.” sald Mrs. Corey when placed on the stand, “and the wife of William Ellis Corey, the defendant iu this action. We were married on Dec. 1, 1853, at Pittsburg, Pa. and lived together until May 1, 1908, At that time my husband de serted me and went to New York. I followed him and h#id = conversation with him in the Hotel Lorraine. It was there that be told me that he had decid- ed to live apart. “He said that it was impossible for us to live happily together and that I would never see him again. He stated that be intended going to Europe for sevéri] months. There was no scene. I talked with him about the matter and urged him to again resume bis place In our home, but he refused. 1 have Dev- &r seta him since.” Mrs. Corey added that she came to Reno for her health and that she had no intention of bringing an action for fig ae at the time she took up ber residence In Nevada. She stated that she selected Reno upon the advice of ber sister-in-law, Miss Addie Corey; that they considered this place thelr future home and expected to live here in the future. She stated that she was best sulted for the custody of her son afd asked the court to place him in ber care. Mrs. Corey was visibly affected while telling her story. She testified without evasion and In a clear voice. Her at- torueys feared that she would collapse, as her health bas suffered since the separation In bis opening statement her attor- ney, J. R. Redding of New York, stated that she had been driven to a separa- tion and the divorce proceedings by the sensational stories printed In the BeWIpapers. “Is it true that newspaper notoriety was the principal facjor in your sep aration from Mr. Corey and is re spoasible for this divorce proceeding?” asked Benjamin Curler, another of her attorneys. “Such is not the case. The stories that may have appeared in the press bad nothing to do with It.” sald Mrs Covey Miss Addie Corey, sister-in-law of the respondent, was an interesting wit. ness. She corroborated Mrs. Corey's statement that Corey had deserted his wife and told how she and hér aged mother had made several! ineffectual at- tempts te effect & reconciliation. Her brother, she sald, had lost sight of his home, being absorbed In bust ness and infatuated with the fast life of Now York. “Do you consider Mr. Corey a prop- er oustodian for his son?’ she was or. “He sald 1 was too young He then sald that my mother was a good wo man sod that oy place was at her side” At the sonclusion of the trial Attor- ney Bardis Bummierfield of Reno stat ed his client, William E Corey, who was ut, was a8 anxious for the-decreée of divorce as his wife. “If the decree Is granted,” be sald, “Mr. Corey will be ettirely satisfied. He bas consented to this divorce.” + Not & Chivagio Pork Packer, BERLIN, July 81.—Alllson V. Ar mour, N. Y. Y. C, has authorized & denial of the oft repeated report that Bmperor William has purchased bis auxiliary schooner yacht Utowana. Mr. Armour Is usnslly described in Ger many &s a millionaire pork packer. Ha has been written up a good deal re cently fi comméction with the antl American meat agitation here, in spite of the fact that he is not related © the Chicago fanilly of Arnidurs. Little Mormon ‘Girl Deported. 5 HARTIE LETTERS STOLEN. Detective Tells ow He Took Corre- spondence From Madine's Trask. PITTSHURG, Pa, July 31.-Begin- ping with the sixth week and what is expected to be the final week of the Hartje divorce trial the session was taken up with the jong expected evi denice as to the manner in which Augustus Hartje procured the love let: ters alleged to have been written by Mrs. Mary Scott Hartle to Tom |. Madine, the coachman corespondent in the case, John B Staub, a private deteetive, swore that he opened Madine's trunk at the bouse In which Madine roomed on two occasions. The first time was May 31 and the second the June 18 On the second oceasion, he said, John A. Avderson, suother detective, was with him. Stsub is the man who has been known as “Craig” Staub testified that he broke open Madine's trunk and took from it the letters In question. He identified the court exhibits as the missives taken He declared that after the letters had been sliown to Andrew Fisher, Hartje's brother-in-law, they were malled by Staub to Attorney J. Scott Ferguson, chief counse] for Hartje. During Stanb's testimony Mrs-Hartje appeared uneasy and then angry, while her husband's manner was apparently oie of cool Indifference. Incidental to the story of the robbery of the Madine trunk it developed that a Jetter and telegram signed by Jolin F. Scott, father of Mrs. Hartje, was found In the trunk along with the forty odd missives, which the wife of the millionsire i= charged with writing. It is alleged that a paragraph io this letter read, “On the advice of Mr, Freeman, | am sending you $60." Neither the telegram nor letter were read io court Heaton Offered to Make Good. LONDON, July 31-John Henniker Heaton, Conservative member of parll ament for Canterbury and father of the “imperial penny postage” idea. has addressed a letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer Asquith, and Postmaster General Buxton off g to provide an acceptable bank guarantee to cover the loss In regenue for the first three vears which might Yollow the adoption of penny postage between Great Britain aud America, If the gouvern- ment will appoiut a comuwittee to In vestigate aud report om such probable loss. Postmaster Genera! Buxton re- plied that the government could not see its way to accepting private donations for such & purpose. Trading Stamp Crooks Held. PHILADELPHIA, July 81 — John De Rivera, au Insurance bLrokér of New York: Fred Kloeckner, alias Clark, allas McCoy, of Bgookiyu and Samuel Reed of this city, who were arrested charged with forgery nnd conspirmcy In Issuing couliterfeit stamps of the Crown Trading Stamp company of Philadelphia, were given a hearing and beld lo $5.000 bail each for court. A large number of wilness ed appeared against the men. The tes timony tended to show that stamps valued at many thousands of dollars were oounterfeifed in a New York printing establishment. Bave Oomrade om Alr Mattress. PORTSMOUTH, N. H.. July 31.— Placiug thelr companion, who could not swim, upon a pneumstic mattress, Henry S. McPherson and P. B. Hyde of Boston swam s¢veral hundred yards through 8 choppy sea, and all three men got ashore near Jerry's Point aft. er their auxiliary yacht, Saquolt, had struck on the rocks In the fog while trying to make Little harbor: The men bad no time {0 save any of thelr ef- fects. The rescued man refused to give his name. The yacht is a total wreck. Bonaparte Compliments Dolphin. WASHINGTON, July 31.-The navy department made public a Jetter writ- ten by Secretary Bonaparte to Lieu- tenant Commander Edgar of the Dol- phin complimenting the officers and crew of that vessel upon its success in target practice. The letter says: “I was much gratified to learn that the U. 8. 8 Dolphin bad attalned the greatest final merit of any vessel of ber class In the target practice of 1608." Insane Man Shot by Divorced Wife, SHREVEPORT, La, July 31-— Charles Attaway was shot and Instant- Iy killed at Blauchard, near this city, by his divorced wife, Mrs. William Kent, Jr. Attaway, who was Insane, went to Kent's bome and demanded his children. Kent appeared on the scene, and while be was wrestling with Attaway Mrs. Kent secured a rifle .and shot her former husband through the heart. Streets of Colon Quagmires. COLON, July 31.—-The mouth of July has witnessed n serles of heavy rains on the Isthmus, which have hampered the work of the Americans for sanita- tion Ix Colou and made the streets of the town -lmpassable quagmires. The conditions nre worse than ever before Prepamtions are belong made to pave the principal streets with brick. Two more cases of smallpox have been o- cated. Largest Mackerel Cateh In Years. BOSTON, July 31. The largest mack erel catch of years In this port and Gloucester was sold here, aggregating over $00000, Twenty-six mackerel seiners shared Iu the big cated = The total was 400000 fresh mackerel and 474 barrels salt mackerel, EX-MAYOR IN JAIL Belcher, Visiting Prison, Asks to Be Locked Up. ROAMED A FUGITIVE FOR A YEAR Tired of Wandering and In Danger of Arrest, Gives Himself Up—Ad- cused of Embessling $150, 008 nt Patersen, NX. J. PATERSBON, N. J, July 831. Ex-May- or Wiliam Belcher. who has wen a fugitive from justice for about a year, returned to this city and is now lockal up In a cell at the county jall. He went directly to the fall to give him- self up. “I am Mayor Belcher,” he sald, and the astonished keeper, aft er taking a second look at his visitor and recognizing him, told him to come in. Belcher told the sheriff that he was tired of wandering and of fecling that he was in constant danger of detection and that he had therefore made up his mind to surrender. He sald that he re- gretted any wrong thing he had done and was sorry for the trouble and ruln he had brought upon former friends The aheriff asked him where he had been since he disappeared, and the ex EX-MAYOR WILLIAM BELCHER mayor answered that he had not Leen out of the country except for a short time after he went away. He had fled to Capada in the first place, he sald, but had soon returned to the United Statés and bad remained there since. Hecently be had been In New York city, be sald, but the whole time be was there he was ino constant fear that he would run across some Pater son men Belcher asked that his intimate friend and counsel, William Barbour, be sent for, and he also expressed a wish that his brother-in-law be uotiticd of his return. He had $17.40 In his possession when examined Belchier's embezziements amounted to about $150,000. The Manchester Building and Loan association, of which he was president. was wrecked by his operations. George W. Allee, who was secretary of the assoclatiou, was recently sentenced to a year's Im prisonment in connection with the stealings that put the association out of business New Atlantic Ferry Planned, BT. JOHN'S. N. F., July 31.-Pre mier Boud's declaration at the official luncheon to Earl Grey that he expect- od the cousuwmation of a fast trans- atlantic ferry scheme within a year re- fers to a project supported by British, Canadian and American capitalists for 8 weekly service of eighteen knot steamers between England and New- foundiand, the passeugers golng and coming from Cauada and Awerica across Newfoundland by rall. The project will be presented to the legls- lature for approval at the next ses sion. Qift to Mre, Sage of Ten Millions. NEW YORK, July 81.—The determ! nation of certain of the Bage beirs to contest the will leaving them $25,000 each was strengthened by a report made to them that a short time before his death Russell Bage presented out: right to his wife the sum of $10,000, 000 In cash. This munificent gift tends to explain to some extent the differ ence between the size of the Sage estate as estimated by Mrs. Sage's Iawyers aud ns was estimated by Wall street authorities, amoug the latter Henry Clews John D. Not 10 He Arrested. TARRYTOWN, N. Y,, July 31. John D. Rockefeller, his wife and party left for Clovelnud over the New York Cen tral nes at 647 o'clock. Mr. Rocke feller came dowu to the depot from Pocantico Hills alone and walted about the depot for some time. Then John D. Archbold cae up from New York on a way train, and he aud Mr. Rock efeller chatted until the lntteY's train was due. Mr. Archbold sald that Mr. Rockefeller would not be arrested or bothered when he reached Cleveland Was a Scout Under Longstreet. BIRMINGHAM, Ala, July 81- Judge W. RB. Houghton, aged sixty-four & pfominent lawyer of Birmingham and oue of the best Informed men lv Alabawa ou civil war history, died last night of parulysis, Judge Houghton served throughout the war, enlisting Io Columbus, Ga, as a private and Jutes as a scout under General Lopgstreet, An American Consul Aecused, WASHINGTON, July 81.--The cruls Cavite, She bus Loon fu Austraiidn on of the state dé GLEN COVE HANDICAP, Coansletent, a 7 to 1 Shel, Easily Cap- tured Brighton Beach Feature. NEW YORK, July 31 —Cousistent, a 7 to 1 shot, easily won the Glen Cove handicap, six furlougs, at Brighton Heach, defeating the favorite, Inquisi- tor, by three lengths. King's Daugliter and Consistent raced head aud head for a quarter of a mile, when Consistent drew away and opened up a gap of three lengths, which she maintalned to the fuish, Iu- quisitor was the letigths before King's Daughter. Three favorites won. Sum- maries; First Hace —Pythia, first; second; Sufficiency, third, Second Ruite—Tom Cogan, first; Bound Brook, second; Patagonian, third Third Hace —Fountalublue, Yowric, second; Laura A, third Fourth Race Consistent, first; In- quisitor, second; King's Daughter, third Fifth Race Angler, first; Corrigan, second; Coy Mald, third Sixth Hace - Dulcinea, first; second; Revenue, third, BASEBALL SCORES. Kllkare, first; Suada, Games Played Yesterday In the Na- tional and American Leagues. NATIONAL LEAGUE At New York- Clncinnatl New York 86 6660001 0-1 1 1 460603 *-93% Hits—ClIncinnatl, 6; New York, 17. Er- rors—-Clncinnati, 3; New York, 1 Bat- Tories Wicker and Livingston; Mathew son, Fergudon and Hresnahap Atl Hrooklyn— # 8t. Louis 8 302403003 Brooklyn g 6 6060¢000 1-1 Hita-St. Louls 14; Brooklyn, 5. Efrors 81. Louls, 6; Brooklyn, 1 Batteries Karger and Marshall, Eason and Ritter At Hoston Chicago ‘ 2060000120 1-8 Boston 6 800600110 2 Hits—Chicago. 11; Baston, 12. Errors— Chicago. 1, Hoston, 2 Batteries—Lund- gren and Kling: Lindaman and O Neill TABLE OF PERCENTAGES. Ww, L Chicago .. = Pittsburg in New YOIrk ......vvu-ae Philadelphia . Cincinnati Brooklyn St. Louis Boston B® . £3 87 ¥ EJIBERERE AMERICAN LEAGUE At Cleveland New York 3s e 1 1 0- Cleveland ! 0 : 3 01 Hits New York 1", Cleveland, 3 r- rors—New York, 2; Cleveland. I Battler- lea—Orth and Kleinow, Hess and Buelow At SL Louls Bosten ... .9 0 130194¢ 0-8 8. Louls C0 003 0¢G0 0-13 Hits—Boston, 10; 8t louis, 4 Errors- Boston, 1, BL Louis. © and Armbruster; t Chicago Hatteries—-Harris Glade and O'Connor Washington ...... 0 0 0 0 01 0 0 0-1 Chicago 1 0320000 ¢ *-14 Hits- Washington, B. Chicago. 5 Errors -Washington, i. Chicago, 0. Batleries— Patten and Heydon. Owen and Sullivan t Detroit B geiphia 00vilvaozszo Detjoit 11000009020 1-3% Hits Phila. lphia, 10; Detroit, § Er rors Philadelphia, 1; Detroit, © Batteries —Plank and Powers, Belver and Warner TABLE OF PERCENTAGES Philadelphia New York .., Cleveland Chicago Detroit St. Louls Washington Doston 6 Grand Cireult Opens at Cleveland. CLEVELAND, July 31. Even with- out pool selling, the opening day of the local grand circuit races sitracted a crowd of over S000 to the track. The M. and M. stake of 310,000, transferred from Detroit, proved the principal at- traction. There were twelve starters, Ang Direct belog the favorite in the pools sold In Newburg, outside the Cleveland city Umits. Brilllunt Girl wan the first heat in 2:11, the fastest heat of the race, bat finished lame and Aun Diredt won the uext two heats And the race Second money went to Brilliant Girl and third to Kenneth Mac. Behr Defeated Clothier. BOBTON, July 31.-Karl H. Behr of Yale university defeated Wiliam J Clothler of Philadelphia and recently of Harvard in the finals of the Long- wood Cricket club's tennis tournament in straight sets, 6-1, S—4, 6-4. Behr will now meet Willlam A. Larned, the former national champlon and present holder of the Longwood cup, in the challenge round. Shining Star at Latonia. OINCINNATI, O. July 31 -—S8hinlng Star was the only winning favorite at Latonia. Outsiders and second choices captured the other six events. The handicap steeplechase, the feature of the card, was won by Arc Light Dalesmau, an outsider, took the place from Subador, the favorite. Hill Climbing Contest Postponed, BRETTON WOODS, N. H., July 31. The steep road up the Crawford notch reseiubled a cataract, and it was lmpos sible to hold the hill elimbing contests for which forty-cight automobiles, In- cluding mevernl of those which partici. pated In the Glidden tour, bad entered Polo at Narragausett Pler, NARRAGANSETT PIER, R. L, July 31.-The polo season bt the Point Ju dith Country club began with an in teresting contest for the Freshman cups between the Myopia 8d and New Haven, the former winning on its hand| cap by a score of 9) to & Crowshade nt Fort Erle, BUFFALO, July 81.-Crowshade, backed from GH to 1 to 5 to 2, wou the third race at Fort Erle Jeweler Hohhed nnd Murdered. MADISON, Wis, July 31. ~The dead body of Joseph Banienhelr, a jeweler, missing since last Monday, was found in the wods three miles east of here He had been robbed and murdered. Bardenbelr came here from Chicago about six months ago, Edysation mn Passdd, Mobs Attempt to Kill Negro Near Wathingion, Pa. SHOT FARMER'S SWiK AND CHILDREY Elmer Dempster, Object of Rioters’ Rage, Safely Lodged In Jail After Police Had Held Of Crowds With Drawn Pistols. WARHINGTON, Pa. July 31 ner W, HL Sipe apd Constable Jolin J Miller of Canonsburg drove into that town with Elmer Dempster, a nineteen year-old pegro, who had been arrestel for the murder of Mrs. Ramune! Pearce and two childreu and the shooting of 8 third child Dempster was taken to the Washing ton county Jafll, at this place, leaving Canonsburg on a trolley car. Deinp ster was safely lodged Iu Jalil, but the officers bad au exciting trip from Can onshurg. Two attempts were made to take the negro from them Shortly after leaving Canonsburg a crowd of about twenty men boarded the car and with shouts of “Lynch him!” “Kill him! dragged the prisoner and officers from the car, A flerce struggle followed but the officers suc veeded In keeping possession of the ne gro and finally drove the mob off at the polnits of their revolvers When Washiugton was reached near- Iy 3% people bad gathered at the court. house, but the crowd was elinled by taking the prisoner through the ment to the Jail While no blood stains were found on the prisoner, suspicion first rested on hin when it was learned that be was the last person seen about the house before the tragedy. Dempster was a helper on the Pearce farm, and after the departure of Samuel Pearce with his sister, Miss Fanuy Pearce, for the Canousburg rallroad station Dempster Is sald to have Leen at the scene of the tragedy, looking after the stock. He was taken from his bed at 2 o'clock Wm the moruluz and put throuzh a course of sweating which lasted until daylight, it is alleged made a complete confession The only things missing Pearce home are £12 aud and the revolver with Pearce and her two « dered Robert Pearce, three old, the only survivor of the awful tragedy who was shot throuzh the will be brought to the Canonsburg General hospital in an effort to save his life ore hase when he fron the few cents Mrs wel aur- which Lilkdreu VEears bawdy Battle Raging Before Shusha. ST. PETERSBURG, July 31.—The trinngular truce between Armenians, Tartare snd the Russian troops before Shusha was of the briefest pature The display of white fags and the naming of represcutiatives of the war ring factions to arrange a lasting peace was bat a prelude to the re sutnption of hostilities upon a larger and bloodler scale. The fighting is not only lo full progress at Shusha itself, a town of B00 people, 180 miles to the southeast of Tiflis, the Tartar guarter of which apparently is in flames, but it has spread to the surrounding coun try. There the Tartar population has risen and is striving to overwhelm the Armeuians and the Russian troops. German Officer Arrested For Fraud. BERLIN, July 31.— Emperor William has ordered a searching Investigation into the of Major Fischer, who was attached to the headquarters stafy In German southwest Africa and who has been arrested on the charge of re ceiving bribes from firms selling war supplies, It appears from detsils pub- lished that the wajor had been recely ing woney for years from the firm which has the monopoly of supplying the colonial forces ln German south- west Africa. This money was given nominally as loans, and according to the preas reports the total of the sums fdally reached §25,000, CH Se Roosevelts In Downpour at Game. OYSTER BAY, N. Y, July 381- President Roosevelt and his sons Archie and “Quentin were the specta- tors of honor at A baseball game sched: uled to be played on Orchard lot, Sag- amore Hill, between teanis represent- ing the deck and engineer forces of the President's yacht Sylph. The game ouly got as far as the third inniug, when a terrine downpour of rain sent the bluejackets aud the distinguished audience hurrying for shelter. The score wasa tleat3 to 3 Denies Court's Jurisdiction, WASHINGTON, July 31.— Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock fled Lis an swer to the rule recently Issued aguinst himself and the tregsurer of the United States to enjolu payment of $100,000 fees to Flukelberg, Nagel & Co, of 8t. Louls and Edward Smith of Yinita, 1. T, in the case of Frank J Boudinot, a Cherokee Indian, Secre tary Hitcheock denles the Jurisdiction of the court J. E. MeKisick Lost In Canyon. OROVILLE, Cal, July 81.--J. B. Mc: Kissick, formerly a New York broker, son of an engineer connected with the Western Pacific rallroad, las lost for three days in the canyon of the Feather river. He bad no provi stous, and searching parties have been unable to find him heen Reds Kill M. BDarago and His Guard. WARSAW, Russiun Poland, July 31 M. Buragy, the leading oficial of the Bochatchev district, aud a policeman who was escorting him were shot by revolotionists near hore in revotige fur the part they had taken In the repres: salon of the sgrarian strike movement. PRICE ONE CE CLEA UP Below we quote prices op; ties which presents themselves but once a year, many of them far be- low cost. It will pay you to see these money savers. calico. _ inventory has revealed at one-half price. 50c Mohaira 25¢ 25¢ Silk DottedMull 12%c. 25¢ Silk Eolienne 12§e¢. 25c Soiesetts 121c. $1 25 Shirt Waists 09¢. 50c French Organdie 2le. 371c Printed Mull 2le; 29c¢ Printed Tissue 21e¢. 25¢ Silk Tissue 21e. 15¢ Dimities and Batistes 8lc. 10c Batistes Ge ar New Peter Pan Collars 15¢. * New Peter Pan Waists Ode. New Peter Pan Ties 25¢. ery 25c ery 5( Sn line Val laces. ———_ et ——— Wednesday Special from 1 to 6 in. wide 3c German worth up to 121c. 1al 3c. Talmadge Block, Rimer Ave, VALLRY PHONR Sayre Rendering: WORKS C. 6. LLoYDT, PROP: Rewove dead horsea dnd sattle atahord no! orders regcéive attention. Nv soun 8 he tant from Athens, Sayre and Wa Hides must be on carcasses; remove of charge. 1 am prepared to do the othe and ineas, have Poles n to haul Call Bell telephone also buy hides, skins, tallow pay market prices. No. 633, BAYRE, PA. JONN GC. PEGKALLY, DEALER IN Foreign and Domestic Fruits. - Pure Olive Oil for medical Macaroni at 6, 8 and 106 per No wx Blizaketh St.. Waverly. Maynard, Maynard & Schrier Attorneys and Counselors, M. P. A, Block, Sayre, Pa. May- nard Block, Athens, Pa. At:omey-at-Law Notary Public Spesial attention to Pension Valley Phone 11 X. 13 Deamood Streed, A.E. BAKER, Carpenter and Builder. 17 Pleasant St. "Waverly, NY.
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