Not Ask You Believe Us road killed two degroes in quelling a rain there was # reed riot ta Wabalak, ported that ia a clash between ihe white and black residents of the town iwo white thet were killed and several were wounded In response to a plea for protection sent by the whites Battery 1 and Com: pany D of the state militia, stationed in this city, ‘were seat Ly special train. “The battery is armed with a Gatling ‘Reporta from Wabalak sald that the negroes for miles around gathersd about the town and that the district In which the whites lived was surround ed. Men and women barricaded them- selves lu thelr homes, the whites being determined to avold a clash, The negroes, however, remained bel- ligetent. They fired their pistols io the alr, terrifying the station agent and threatening to kill the telegraph opers- tor If he sent for help. Groups of col- ored men marched through the streets shouting and singing, and it was ap- parent that as soon as they bad sufi clent drink in them trouble would be gin. Not a white person ventured out in the street. The men, women and chil dren after barricading their doors arm- od themselves with shotguns and pis tols, ready to repel any attack. The shuttérs of all the houses in the white district also were closed, und those who had telephones In their homes sent mesapges to meighboriug towns for help, From Bcooha. the (irs! lonwn south of Wabalak, a mes<ipe nas roeeived say ing that the negroes. enibotdencd by drink, made & coterie attack on sev eral houses. Neighlwors =n To the rea cue of the threalenad luwiies of the houses, and several volless were fired Two white meu were kilied instantly, and several others nore Wounded, 3 After the shooting the pegroes appar ently becanis frightened and drew off surrounded the white section, however, threatedlag to kill any white person who ventured into the street A sécond attack was made about an bour After the first, but whether any one was killed is not known. It is al most impossible to obiain authentic in- formation in regard to the happenings In the town, for the negroes apparently od to u high pitch of resentment. With handbag on a ‘scrawled in an most illegible hand “A. E. Balfour, 41 Turner stréet. My will Is in the little trunk on the table. I want to be cre mated.” Following the directions, the will was found. In it the woman disposes af large amouuls of money, which she gives ta relatives and the poor It provides that after the expenses of cremating her body are defrayed her money In the Hibernia bank of Ran Francisco shall be distribuled among the poor of San Frauclsco, preferably to fire victims Funds in the Copen- hagen bank are willed to the citizens of Copenhagen and Nast Bad, the latter place being referred to as the birth: place of the woman, An amount In the German bank of San Franpcisco aml all other moneys are willed to the woman's cousins, Jy. lus and Carl Lorentzen of Copenhagen and Peter and Henry Lorentzen of Nest Bed. She bequeaths considerable Jewelry to her sister. Edwardine Nell- sen of Nest Bed. The mayors of Copen- hagen and Nest Bed are designated as executors of that portion of her estate,’ and they are directed to give It to the! poor, The will indicates that the wo-! man passed through the San Francisco disaster and that the ordeal had af- fected her mind. THREE KILLED IN FIGHT. Battle Between Sirikers and Mine Guards at Sturgis. OWENSBORO, Ky., Dec. 26.—Three men were killed and four probably fa- tally wounded In a fight between guards employed by the West Ken tucky Coal company at Sturgis, Uplon county, aud the striking miners at that place. C. J. Dougherty, mine guard; Billy Malloy, miner. and Will Gray, miner, are Jead. a IL BE Moore, » mine guard, badly wounded, will die, and Sam Barnaby, a miner, is dylog. The fight occurred in a downtowh street about one mile from the mine, but just what precipitated the fight Is not kuown. It broke out suddenly and continged until about twenty-five shots were exchanged, The members of the miners’ union have Leen on strike for the past year. The coal company has beon working nonunion men under guards, and seri ous trouble has been long expected. The fight caused a panic, and a reign ‘ of terror existed for an hour. There is only one officer In town, but the sheriff of Unlon county and deputies have ar- rived at Bturgls. BLOCK SOUTHERN ROADS. Strike of Firemen Bars Freight Traf- soldiers on hand to protect them, lieved they will make a raid quarters, and no mercy to those responsible for tug. Reports received from towns near sbalsk say the rioting has been more serious than reporfed at first. Noth fog has been heard of the arrival of the troops. The negroes outnumber the whites there by about twenty to one, and lu their present temper they are apt to lose control of themselves. The conductor who killed the negroes on the train, it Is believed, lives In Wakalak. Al the colored men who took part In the disturbance on the train also live there, and It Is sald that ‘when it became apparent there would be trouble severdl of the white residents went te tha home of the con- fgctor to protect his wife aud family. The raliroad officials bere sald they bad received information of trouble in Wabalnk, bu used to divuige the mature of the Peports. The reticence of the rallroad officials fs taken as an ominous align here, and the belief i= expressed that the rioting has been far more serious than the reports received indicate. Residents of pearby towms, it was sald also, sre on thelr way to Waha lak. All the men are heavily armed and are prepared to protect the whites. The negroes of the entire surround. ing country are alsqg marching on Wa- balak, and it is believed there will be ciasbes on the roads, the exact conditions at Wabalak, but the attempts were unsuccessful. Tele brought the response negroes are feeling their drunken rage they resent the Interfirence of the troops will ba mowed down by the Gat rifles of thé soldiers. heave been sent to the cap nies on their way to ut all costs sud vestilients to celebrate dend, . Me served York regtnent : fie Almost Completely, | NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 26—The New { Orleans gateway for transcontinental | freight to western points was almost i completely closed by the Southern Pa. cific raliroad strike. Other roads of- fered no through freight to the South ern Pacific. Union officials sald that fifty men were on strike (u this city. General Buperintepdent E. B. Cusb ing of the Southern Pacific sald be wax informed that g request had been Is sued from Washington for the South em Pacific firemen to submit thelr grievances to arbitration. He did not say who tsaned the request. Mr. Cushing said he understands that the Washington request was Is sued es a result of General Manager Fay's appeal to Washington under the Erdman act. Murder at Jacksonville, JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Dec. 26. John N: Benjamin was shot and killed tigre by Charles Church. Church had been drinking and while quarreling with his wile drew Ris revolver and at- tempted to shoot her. Bhe screamed for help. Benjamin, who had a room in the sare apagtment house, rashed to het assistance. As he entered the door Church fired four times In rapid soc cession, each bullet lodging In Benja win's body. The wounded man was carried to the hospital, but died shortly! after reaching there, Twe Mangled oun D., L. and W, Line. | SCRANTON, Pa, Dec. 24--The bod. i*s of Edward Lindridge, aged twenty. one years, of New York and Albert Caromfly, aged eighteen years, of Beranton were found along the Dela ware, Lackawanna and Western ral) road tracks at Clarks Summit, pear here. The bodies were badly mangled. It Is supposed tliey were struck by a train Two Charred Hodies Recovered, NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 26 — The charred bodies of Lewis Phillips and bis wife, both volored, were recovered from the debris of thelr home lLiere Lewis was eighty and his wife sixty years old. It Is believed the wowan was smoking a pipe In bed and that i dropped from her month snd set fire to the bed clothing, Corneil inioat Clabes on Tour, Ne Dee. 20.-~The mus! ITHACA, Russian Admiral and Officers Condemned to Die, ————— DEATH SENTENCE MAY BE REVORED Gevernor Genernl af Turkestan Dis. uilssed by Csar For Lainess—As- - stasin of Irnatieff a Student Named WPidier. BT. PETERSBURG, Dec. 20 —The court martial which has been trylng Ilear Admiral Nehogatolf and seventy- eight officers of his squadron for sur rendering to the Japanme st the battle of the Sea of Japau ou May 28, 1005, handed in Its decision. ” Rear Admiral Nebogatoff, Command. er Lichino of the coast defense iron- clad General Admiral Apraxine, Rear Admiral Gregorieff of the coast de fense ship Admiral Senlavin and Lieu tenant Smirnoff, who succeeded to the command of the Lattleship Nicolal I, were sentenced to death, but In view of extenuating circumstances and the ADMIRAL NEBOGATOFF, long and otherwise Llameless careers of these officers the court will petition the emperor to commute their sen teaces to ten years’ Imprisonment In a fortress Four other officers are sentenced to short terms of Imprisonment in a for iress, while the remaloder are acquit fed of the charges brought agalast them. Tha trial of Rear Admiral Nebogatolf nnd the officers of his squadron began ia St Petersburg on Dec. 5. The ac cused were divided Into three catego ries: First.—Rear Admiral Nebogatoff and the commanders of the battieships, Second. ~The officets. who advocated the surrender, Third. ~The officers who did nat en- deavor to prevent the surrender, The first group of officers was tried under that paragraph of the navy regu Iations which provides for the punish ment by death of any commander of a squadron or ship who surrenders with out a fBght when he could save his crew or inflict damage upon the enemy. The sentences passed upon Rear Ad- miral Nebogatoff and the three cons manders are similiar to those handed down In the cases of the naval officers who were condemned by court mar tial for surrenderiug the torpedo boat destroyer Bedovi to the Japanese These sentences were coupled with a similar recommendation to the em- peror for wercy, and such [utercession geuerally has proved successful Lieutenant General Sabbotich, ex- governor general of Turkestan, has by an hoperial order beeu discharged from the army in further punishment for al leged all round Ilaxness displayed by him as governor general of Turkestan, from which he was remaved Oct. 20 The assassin of Count Iguntieff has been identified as a student named Pid. ler, who was one of the leaders of last year's Insurrection at Moscow At that time be was bound over in $3,000 bail for gvod behavior, und this sum will now revert to the treasury, Fourteen Negro Troopers Aconsed. LEAVENWORTH, Kan, Dec. 20-— Fourteen soldiers, the majority of whom: are troopers of the Ninth cav- alry (colored) were arrested here In connection with the riot on a street car, when a uumber of shots were fir- ed Into a loaded cur and several pas sengers were slightly Injured by bro ken glass Captain Walsh of the Ninth cavalry Is making an investiga tion Into the causes of the trouble, which is believed to be similar (p that in the discharge of three companies of the Twenty Afth Wreck un Seathern Pacide, SAN JOBE, Cal, Dec. 20. —Eighteen persons were injured, several of them seriously, and sixty passengers severe ly shaken up when twd day coaches and the baggage car of a Southern Pa- cific train bound frum Oakland to Wrights left the track om a curve near Blrmiugham »'ding and plunged sev- enty five feet down an embankment That many were not killed outright is due to the fact that the train had slowed down before It struck the curve Kaiser Gives (Biristman Doses In Gold BERLIN, Dec. 20.-The Kulser and the crown nripce strolled throngh the streets and parks of 1'otsdam. The kaiser slipped a new and specially minted ten thaler goldpiece Into the hand of every poor wan be encounter ed, while the crown prince handed a new silver mark to every ueedy boy or girl he mel Head-on Collision of Tretleys. RAST HARTFORD, Conn, Dec. 28 collision between NEW LAWS FOR CUBA. CGeverner Magean Iswwues Decree For Revision Committee. HAVANA, Dec, 24 -—Governor Ma. goon signed the long awaited decree appointing & commission tu revise the laws of Cuba. This commission will submit to the provisional governor the draft of an electoral law, new provin- cial and municipal laws, a law defining the organization and functions of the Judiciary, a elvil service law and also laws on such other subjects of great Intérest as may be referred to it by the provisional governor. The commission consists of Colonel E. Crowder of the judge advocate gen- eral’s department of the American ar my, president; Jos Miguel Gomes, sec retary, aud Erasmo G. Boudet, Fran- elsco C. Justiz, Maopuel M. Coronado, Mario (J. Kohly, Felipe G. Sarrain, Ot to Schoemrich, Miguel F. Viendl, Al) fredo Zayas and Major Blanton CO. Winship. U. 8. A. The salaries of the members of the commission, excepting those In the employ of the United Slates government, are fixed at $400 a month. The first meeting will be held on Jan. 3, after which the commission will come together At the call of its president. There Is much satisfaction here with the signing of this decree, which Is re garded as the first step toward holding new elections, Spals Wants Old Cuban Guns. MADRID, Dec. 26.—The foreign min- ister in the chamber of deputies sald that Spain was still trying to secure the restitution of artillery left in Cuba when the treaty of Paris was signed And was also continuing negotiations for recognition of the Spanish debt of the Island. EE ———— —————. ALLOWMAISE AT NEW ORLEANS, Christa FHandicnp Wea Before a Record Sporting Crowd. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 26 —Despita a biting north wind and generally raw day a large crowd witnessed the races at the Fair Grounds track. The Christ. mas handicap, the feature of the card, was won easily by Allowmalse St Valentine second and the favorite, (iid, running third. Not in many years has a race track in New Orleans entertained a crowd! of such great proportions. Winners: | First Race —Yosing, first; Tsara, sec ond; Fancy Dress, third Second Race —Colloguy, first; Tudor, second: Fantastic, third Third Race. —Lady Esther, first; Jug gler, second; Orblcular, third. Fourth Race —Allowmalse, first; Bt VYalentine, second; Gi, third. Firth Race. ~Rather Royal, iret; Har makis, second; Pride of Woodstock, third, Sixth Race. — Colonel Bartlett, first: Flavigny, second; Huntington, third Molesey nt Ascot. LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec, 26—An immense crowd turned out at Ascot, and It was a classy ficld that faced the starter In the chief event, the Call fornia handicap, valued at $2060 Molesey, at 5 to 1, was off badly, but made up ground and In a hand stretch drive outgamed Colonel Jack, the fa- vorite. Interest was added to the Call. fornia handicap because of the fact that these horses will be the con testants for the Ascot Derby to be run on Washingtous birthday Dr. Leggo nt Oakland BAN FRANCISCO, Dec, 20. Raln did not deter race lovers from the Christ nas attractions at Odkland, the at. tendance belug excewdingly large. The feature was the Christmas baodicap Tluere were four withdrawald In this event, which left a field of five to face the starter. Jockey Williams, on Dr Leggo, put up a perfect ride, aud when It cawe down to au lssue in the stretch hie outrode A. Brown, on Proper Baseball Contest With Japan. LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 26—-A special from Stanford says that Cap tain Prosley of the university haseball team Las received notice from Man ager 110 Abe of Waseda university ac cepting the challenge of Stanford for an International baseball coutest to be played In Tokyo, Japan, some time In May The Japauese team played Stanford last year Beryee to Take Fost Iu February. DUBLIN, Dec. 24. —Jnmes Bryce, who Is to succeed Sir Mortimer Durand as British ambassador at Washington, has returned (0 the chief secretary's office in the castle and Is busy winding up public affairs there preparatory to handing over the post to his successor, It Is understood that he will leave for Washington about the middle of Feb- ruary. Mrs. Nefl 5till at New York. NEW YORK, Dec. 26. The examina. tion of Mrs. Catherine Nell, accused of the wurder of her husband in Green wich, Conn, was postponed until Fri day, and Mrs. Nell wus sent back to the Tombs. There has been some bitch In having the requisition papers authorizing her removal to Conuectl cut signed by Governor Higgins Eugene MH, Sherman Dend at Utlea. UTICA, N. YY, Dec. 24. ~Eugene H, Sherman, aged thirty two years, sou of Mayor Sherman and uephew of Con: gressman Sherman, Is dead here after a loug Hlness. At one time he was senior metber of the law firm of Sher man & Wallace of Syrncuse ——————————— Roosevelt to Vill Pine Knot, WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. President and Mrs. Romsevelt and the Roosevelt children will leave for Pine Knot, Mrs, tome Tu’Albematie Government's Movs to Drive Stands d From € .uil. vast f Measures Taken For Purpose of Pre. venting Discrimination and Mak- ing Oil Trade Open to All Produsers. | WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 —The first! step in the action looking to drive the! Standard Oil company out of the south western territory has Leen taken by! the government, | Some time ago the announcement | Was made thal a concession bad Leen granted to the Mellen company of Pitsburg to erect over reservation lands a pipe line from Bartlesville, L T., to poitits In Texas with a view to! affording an outlet through gulf ports! to the product of the Indian Territory. } Oklahoma field. The independence of | operators iu the southwestern field | from present dnd future momopolies, the officials of the Interior department | belleve, is thus Insured. The Mellens! Were the pioneers In the Independent | movement against the Standard Oil] company. They have operated with success against the Standard in vari: ous parts of the country. The line which they will construct by authority of the goverument, It is estimated, will cost $8,000,000. | Under the regulations Issued It will! be !mpossible for the proposed pipe line! to ever fall into the hands of the Standard or any other monopoly. The regulations were prepared by Secretary | of the Interior Hitchcock, his prospec: tive successor, James R. Garfield: In- dian Commissioner Francis E. Leupp and the law officers of the department. Their provisions are hard and fast and are expected to prove effective in the tattle against the monopoly In the southwestern oll flelds. The regulations give the secretary of the Interior the authority to cancel on ten days’ notice the contract of any in. | dividual or conupany in the eveut that | the terms of the contract are violated | SHOWMEN WANT HICKS, Search Party at Edison Mise After | Five VMiners' Bodies, i BAKERSFIELD, Cal, Dec. 28 —Two! offers of marriage and scores of theatri- | cal and other business proposals came | in the mail of Lindsay B. Hicks, the recently entoinbed winer | Many showimnen have come here per sonally to make contracts. One vaude | ville clrenit bias offered £1,000 8 week | Hicks says he Is considering the prop- | ositions | Boxes of chewing tobacco and cases | of whisky are arriving at the express | offices addressed to Hicks. He declares | he never will touch whisky again. | Hicks accompanied Dr. W. H. Stincb- | field ou a walk of nearly a mile and | cut a Christmas tree. He needed no | assistance and looks to be In normal | condition. Hicks was born in Clay county, Ky. thirty«ight years ago. He has five brothers fo Texas and a married daugh ter in Kentucky. His wife, parents aud | two sisters are dead | “1 served three years iu the Philip | flues,” he sald, “nnd then intended to | <u to Australia, but {ustead | came to California. 1 enlisted ju the Cuban war, but did wot get to the frant.” Miuers wha worked Wi the rescue | party were given doulile pay Ly the | Edison company, and many received | checks for $30 In addition. They are | digging for the bodies of Hicks dead cotmrndes Twe Christmas Fatalities. 4 ATLANTA, Ga, Dec. 20—Miss I. R. | G. Freeman and nucle, «ES Lard | more. were firing cartridges In cele bration of Christie. In firing one of | them Miss Freeman was accidentally | killed. Marie Ford, aged elght, died | from burns recelved while playlog | around 8 Christmas tree on Christmas | eve, Twe Drowned When Boat Upset. | JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Dec Ar thur Bothwick and Albert Decker | young married men, who left here Sun | day in a small boat to gather Christ | mas decorations, were drowned ns the | result of the overturning of the boat The bodies have not been recovered ay tA Horses and Mules Burned. | ATLANTA, Ga, Dec. 24-Five hun dred borses and mules were burned in | Harper Broa' livery stable here. The | loss Ia about $100.00, The fire was | started by safe blowers, who explied the safe in the office, the sowk over | turning a lamp Beresford's Brother In Wreck, i ENDERLIN, N. D, Dec. 2D J | Beresford of Mediclue Hut, Cau, who | was killed in the train wreck here ls Deleval Beresford, younger Lrother of | Admiral Lord Beresford! of the Ryitish | pavy, The total number of dead fa eleven Newport News Shipyards Ablase, NEWPORT NEWS, Va, Dee 2 Fire which broke out at the shipyards | here caused $200,000 damage. A tive | nan was fatally lojured. The Old Do | minlou loer Jefferson was damage). | i i Cleselnnd’'s (ousin Dead. CINCINNATI, 0, Dec. 2 Harlan Cleveland, one of the lending lawyers of the Clucinnat! bar, died at his res! | dence In Glendale Me wan a cousin | of Urover Cleveland Her Cake Vad 114 (nndies. } NEW YORK, Dec 26-Mrs. Ella Marks celebrated her oue hundred and fourteenth birthday at her home at 28 » i Lay BARGAI ETRE A a en— — If you have forgotten anyone In Your holiday giving. we will help you 10 remember then now at small cost Below we quote just a few of our many price reductions Window handkerchiefs. actually worth up to 25c each, ouly slightly mussed display, closing 10c. in window $1.75 neck ruffs §L75 auto scarfs $1.00 auto rcarfs 60c auto scarfs 60¢ opera bags $1.00 wrist and hand bags $1.25 wrist and hand bags $1.76 wrist and hand bags . $2.25 wrist and hand bags $2.75 wrist and hand bags C0 wrist and hand bags “ay Globe Warehouse Talmadge Block, Elmer Avene Valley Phone Sour Stomach No appetite, loss o! strength, nervous Doss, , constipation, bad Breath, general debility, sour risings, and catarth of the stomach are all due to Indigestion. Kodol relieves indigestion, This new discove ton as they exist in a healthy re combined with the greatest kmown and reconstructive properties. Kodol for dyspepsia does not only relieve indigestion and dyspepsia, but this famous remedy belps all stomach troubles by cleapsing, I aE, sweetening and strengthening the mucous membranes lining the stomach. JM SS Ball of Ravenswood, W, Va, saga wis troubled with sour stomach for 5 Kadol cared me sad we are ow ualag R * . "E. M. Dunham, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Office: bart Street, Sayre. Laws & Winlack Attorneys and Counselors at Law, : A GENERAL LAY BUSINESS TRANSACTED. Valley Phone 180a. Sayre. Alex D. Stevens, Insurance and Real Estate. Loans Negotiated, Insurance Written, Houses Rented, Rents Collects ed, Taxes Paid. . Room 7, Elmer Block, LOCKHART STRERT, SAYRE. H. L.Towner, M.D. Specialties, Diseases of Women and of the Reec- tum, Hours 7to%a m.1 to S$, 7to 8 p. m. OFFICE-SAMUELS BLOCK. : Valley Phone 27x. 128 Lockhart SL MADAME A Bavy, Cowviin ¥ aur Be Soovasnes Nersvasaren, RIVER KNOWN TO FALL, »at 1 Smt gy 3 fect vn Lonrnatews or Nears Refsand, Sr B00 gor Sin, WAU wend hes on tried, 0 0 whan rviered, Rampies Fron IT pons drugged " Bare thet wud yer ards te the URITED MEDICAL CO. non 74, LancasTem, Sold Inn Sayre by the West Sayre Pharmacel Co. 8 There Is wo ueok mer corer in Sayre, Waverly or Athens where The Valley Recond does not cirenlata.
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