Wheelock, W. T. Goodnow, « Haveriy, Seward Baldwin, ft means aud how it can be send your name, age, and FRED J. TAYLOR, Sayre, Pa J. W. BISHOP, The constant repetition of deliver- mg good coal bas given us our repu- tation. We handle Lehigh Valley and and Steam Coal. 103 Lehigh Ave.. Lockhart Sullding, Both Phones. : QUALITY, QUANTITY, PRICE cop Both Phones. ELMER A. WILBER Wholesaler o? Wines, Beer and Ales. ——— OUR BPECIALTIES FOR : 969 MINE” That delicious flavor to found in Stegmaier’s BEER ippeals to all who have ied it, and it accounts r the increasing demand this rich, foam-crowned ber-colored beverage. package of our 8 a guarantee g to the PURE AW which re- ‘malt, hops, potent : Think it over, 5 C0. Southern Contractor Awarded OCanal Contract, = MUST PUT UP $5,000,000 SECURITY Pasama Waterway to Be Built on Basis of 4.78 Fer Cent om Total Coat of Great Work—IPresi- dent For Knoxville Man. WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 Following a conference at the White House, it Is officially anuoutced thal the contract for building the Panama canal has been awarded to William J. Oliver, | who, with Auson M. Bangs, was the lowest bidder in the recent competl- tion, provided that within the next ten days he associates himself with at two independent contractors with bls own, shall cover the entire fleld of the work to be performed un- der the coulract In the cougse of the negotiations Wii liam J. Oliver had Informed Secretary Taft that he would not bid again on the contract should new bids be called for. He said that Mr. Stevens, whom Governor Hughes has appointed com- missioner of public works for New York, would back him financially and presented a letter from Mr. Stevens in support of the statement. This may be’ why the government decided to ac cept the bid of Oliver with Bangs Mr. Oliver, whose home is in Knox Tenn. has been notified that within ten days he will be required | posed contract, with a capital of $5. 000,000, of which not less than $1.600- § HORNER MURDER TRIAL. | Dr. James W. Simpeon Charged With * Killing His Father-in-law. i trial of Dr. James W. Simpson, a fen | tist of Fifth avenue, New York, who is charged with the wurder of his father | in-law, Bartley T. Horner. a wealthy] resident of Northport, N. Y, on Dec 27, 1905, opened bere today. i bis wi o 't her father's home, and, wid cording the prosecution, there had been frequent quarrels in the family On the day Mr. Horner was killed Dr. Simpson had bees hunting. Aft supper he sat ln the kitchen cleaning the gun, and while he was thus cogag ed Mr Homer came into the room Just then the dentist “broke” the gun and It exploded. the contents of the two cartridges entering Horuer's body | and wounding him fatally, { At frst it was believed the shooting | was aecidental, but later Simpson was! arrest]. The accused man has main | tained throughout that he did not dis-| charge the gus, but that the charge! was explodid] accidentally. A strange! feature of the case Is that the only eye | witness to the shooting, a Polish boy employed by Horner, has become in sane and Is now confined in an aysium A CAMDEN TRAGEDY. With Arms Entwined Young Man and’ Woman Calmily Awalt Death. ! CAMDEN, N. J, Jan 28 — With! arms entwined ao uoknown young man and a young woman stood on the! tracks of the Pennsylvania Electric rallroad over Newton creek early In the day and calmly waited until an electric train ran them down Both! were killed, and their bodles were! hurled into the water The motorman of the train saw the pair, but not until be was close upon therm. He blew the whistle, but the! under control until he struck them. I'be clothing was of fine tex ture, and she was of refined appear-! i The only mark that may lead to iden- | tification are the letters “W, C.” on a | Fhe Young Merchant Killed by Police, DANVILLE Va, Jan. 28. — R. B | was kill | W. J. OLIVER. 000 paid In cash and $1,500,000 In the form of solvent subscriptions shall be available for the purpose of car rying out the contract aud of which the remaining $2,000,000 may be devot- od to the purpose of procuring a bound, as required by the contract. McArthur & Gillespie Informed the secretary of war that If pew bids were called for they would merely renew thelr bid at 1214 per cent, as consulta- tion had led them to decide that they could not profitably undertake the work for less. The Information guthered by Secre- tary Taft left the administration the alternative of accepting Mr. Oliver's offer to coustruct the canal for 6.70 per cent, even though it does not come from an association of contractors, or of rejecting it, with the practical cer- tainty that it will have to accept the contract of McArthur & Gillespie at a figure not less than 12% per cent. Secretary Taft declined to discuss the contract In deta!l or to Indicate the feeling of the president and his ad- visers. In addition to the president nnd Secretary Taft, Secretary Root, Postmaster General Cortelyou, Assist. ant Becretary Bacon and James R. Garfield, commissioner of corporations, were present and for a portion of the time Chairman Knapp of the luter- state commerce commlisfion, President Roosevelt took the position that since Mr, Oliver had met all the requirements of the government It would be unjust to reject his bid of 675 per cent for the construction of the canal or even to require Lim to submit a new bid for fhe coutract. Mr. Oliver had Informed the presi- dent that jt was his desire to submit an independent Lid for the work and that when the canal officials lnformed him that it would be necessary to form & partnership with some other finan cially responsible contractor they even went 50 far as to suggest that be en ter into an agreement with Anson Al. Bangs of New York city, Mr. Oliver sald that after receiving this suggestion from Chairuin Shonts he visited the war department aml was Informed that Mr. Bangs would be en- tirely satisfactory to the government. Mr. Oliver toll the president that with this assurance as to the reliability of Mr. Bangs he immediately entered Ins to an agreement with the New York contractor, Powerful lnfinences, it Is sald, were brought to bear on the presllent and Secretary Taft to reject all bids and advertise for pew proposals, Soldier Kills 8 Comrade. WARHINGTON, Jan. 28.-A shoot ing affray occifrred In a saloon near gs Washi rmy post, officers in the Tenderloin here Prior | to the killiug Reynolds had shot and) injured Tom Corbin while In a bouse| He ran out| to be Albert Adkius, an escaped pris | oner, and commanded bim to halt, fir | ing at the same time to frighten him. | Reynolds returned the tire. Eight or ten shots were fired at him before he fell dead. None of the policemen was | injured. The victim was about twen-| ty-elght years old and well connected. | Corbin's injuries are pot regarded as! fatal Colonel Binke Buried. NEW YORK, Jan. 25 Funeral serv. ices were held over the body of Colonel John F., Y. Blake at the headquarters of the United Irish League of Awerl ca, The casket was draped with an Irish Bug and the stars aod stripes Besides the flowers sent by personal] friends, there were floral desigus from the United Irish league. Michael J. Ryau, president of the leugue, spoke brietdy of the achievements of Colonel Blake, his courage, kinduess and brid lHancy. The burial was at Wowllawn cemetery. A Companion of Webster Dead. BOSTON, Jan, 28% —Rev, Join Mar shall Masters, who previous to his ad- velit lote the ministry In 1858 took an active part in state politics, serving as secretary to the Whig party In 1853, and a companion of Daniel Webster on the stump, died at his home lu Cam- bridge at the age of eighty years, Mr. vii i was valedictorian In the class of 187 at Harvard, He served as pastor of the Unitarian churches at Woburn and North Cambridge A wid- ow and one daughter survive him, New Berth For Professor W. HB. Clark BALTIMORE, Jan. 28 — The ap polutment of Professor William Bul lock Clark of the Jobus Hopkina uni versity to the directorship of the Unit. ed States Geological survey has been practically decided upon Professor Clark Is the Lead of the department of geology at the Johns Hopklus and has been staly geologist sline the in ception of the Mar¥land survey. He succewds Charles DD. Walcott German NMeamer at (eylon on Fire COLOMBO, Jan 2% The North German Lloyd lone steamer Seydlitz Captain Devers, homewarl bound | from Japan und China with pgssengers | mails and merchandise, hos arrived ot | Point de Galle, Ceylon, with her carge on fire. Her fore part Is burned out | The passengers and malls wera rescued | by the British erulser Diglem an brought to Colombo Cuban Bandit Taken In Havana, HAVANA, Jan. 25 Enrlque Mosa | the bandit of the provignee of Santing: who for more than two years had ter | rorized eastern Cuba and defiled the rural guards and who was wanted for various alleged murders, was captured here by the secret police. Son Barned In Log Cabin Wilde's Play Withdrawn. | to Carry Out Contract With Rich- | ard Strauss, Who Transformed | the Drama inte Opera. | NEW YORK, Jan. 28 ~The wealthy | men who own the Metropolitan Opera | House have put their ban on “Salome,” | § They have notified Herr Director Con: | ried that they consider the opera ob | lectionable and detrimental to the best | Interests of the opera house and have | protested against its further presenta tion, which means that the second per formance of the opern scheduled for! next Thursday may never Le given Director Conried, who for several, weeks has been ll at his home here, | received this communication from Frank N. Dwld, secretary of the com | any: i “The directors of the Metropolitan! ‘pera and Real Estate company con. | Is objectionable and detrimental to the | era House They therefore protest] Against any repetition of this opera” | While comments on the daring char. | acter of the Strauss-\Wilde opera have been general and as to some parts of | the production. notably the “Dance of | the Seven Vells” and the kissing of the | bead, unfavorable, such action by the | real backers of opera In this city was! bandly expected, and there were many | theories a to Ns origin. It Is understood that this action on the part of the directors was directly | due to a daughter of J. Plerpont Mor. | gan. Mr. Morgan i= a director In the! company, and his daughter witnessed | the first performance of “Salome” on | Tuesday night from her father's box Since that time she has been persist sunt In urging him to try to get the pera house directors to take such ae tion as would result In having It taken | off the stage. Mr. Morgan yielded and, enlling the directors together, they authorized the sending of the letter to] Mr. Conried, although it was sald that! In getting n majority of the directors to agree with him. | George G. Haven, president of the! company, sald that Le conld see no rea. son for supposing that the directors! woul! abandon the firm position they | had taken. Mr. Conried and his followers, it is sald, are Indignant over the episode! and show no Inclination to surrender. | They take the stand that it was prac-| tically essential to produce the reign. | ing musical sensation In this city and that the objections are In a line of straight laced puritanism, which New | York should have outgrown. They put| the situation in this way: “Mr, Courieal will not play John the Baptist to suit the whims of the real! estate folks. He objects to haviug his| own head served on a charger just be | cause foolish persons wish It. He will fight, and he will win. He has enter | el Into a contract with Mr. Strauss for | ten performances of ‘Salome’ at a large | expense, and he sees no reason why he | should vot give thew * “Salome,” the music drama produced fu Dresden Dec 9, was a tremendous success. The music | Strauss’, but the book Is Oscar Wilde's wotorious play somewhat re duced. The actual expense of production, so far as costumes, scenery amd like ex. | penditures are concerns, amounts to tbout $20000. The first performance netted Mr. Coarled, for whose beuet | it was given, about $22.000 | The drama concerus Itself with the Biblical story of Johu the Baptist and Salome, the daughter of Herodias, as Wilde conceived It. Three features in the drums have presented them- selves as oljectionable to muuy. First, the so called "Dance of the Seven Vells," which Is a sort of sublimated lanse du veatre, almost entirely cow pusidd of themes from the opera woven together to express Salome's feellugs,; <econd, the Kissing of the severed head of John the Baptist, which Las Leen described as the most repulsive scene ever put on the stage; third, the use of a Biblical subject on the stage | The dnuce aud the kissing of the head were both given In the most real istic manner at the Metropolitan. Mr Burrian, who took part ju the Dresden | performances, says that they were not softened at nll there cither—that they were quite as realistic In disgusting detail, ‘ I'he Oscar Wilde play has just been | done ln New York by Mercedes Leigh | Tu May, INS, the New York Stage so | clety gave what is believes]! to be the | ouly other American production | WAS first nS, aud | is Four Charred Bodies bound DOVER. N. If, Jan. 2X ~That only four lHves were lost in the fire which 1 mill of the Coclimo here was establislied when four charred bodies were taken from the rulus, It Is belleved these were the bodies of the Your missing einployees, all of whom were boys. Only one of the bodies, that of John Coskeren, fifteen yuurs old, was Identified, Army Oficer Missing at Havana, HAVANA, Jan. 28 ~ Lieutenant Charles EB. McCullough of the Fifteenth cavalry was reported missing, and there were fears expressed that he had possi HIS GOODBY TO ENGLAND, | ew British Ambassador to Washing- ton Eateriained Hefore sailing. MANCHESTER, England Jan 28- James Bryce, the ambassador to the United States, and Mrs Bryce were! given a farewell dinner at the Reform! club here. There was a large company prescut under the presidency of Harry Mr. Bryce, replying to a toast to his health, referred to Great) Brilain's good relations with ali the | or and Added “There Is oue friendship which is of especial valoe to all of us 1 refer to the United Riates. | am happy to think our relations with that country never have been better. Never, Indesd do | think they have been so good as 3.4 22 AMBASSADOR JAMES BRYCE they. are at this woment, The incident | fresh in your memory noed be referred to ouly for the sake of sayiug that the moral of it was ‘this Is how different are happily, from those] times when an Incident like that would | have been the signal of cries of def | ince in the press of both countries Fortunately in both countries no one took this watter as anyvthiug Lut an occusion wherein we could show our trust iu ote another now, “I have the Lonor of belng selected this government io the but not only this gov. | erunicnt, but the English people desire the closest friendship with the United States {0 represent United States “1 am contldent that the Irish prob lem will be solved and that speedily Demented Man SAYBROOK, Conn. Jan rick Wand, about forty flie v4 wis arrested at charged with an attempt on the Mrs. Tony Appo of Black Hall Murder X.~Pat r= old ik Ia Attempts Say h ction life of | Mrs! the ballet | having plerced the abdomen. Ward Is} sald to be demented. Ie admitied | shooting a woman, hut wh d the | reason sald that when a Lov Lie learn the “secret of ated their thoughts. ™ The prisoner stated that he was subject to frequent at tacks of weakness amd at such times for his actions. | He later told how Le had shot at Mes | Appo through a window Her hus- band was absent at the time cole Wen Gieneral Alger's Hody Lies lun State DETROIT, Mich, Jan 28 ~Nearly | 10,000 people paid tribute to the mem-| ity of Senator RK. A. Alger us his body lay In state lo the waln corridor of the | hall bere. For three hours and al half a continuous, unbroken double Hoe of men, worsen and chililren pass el rapldly through the corridor for a lust look at the familiar face of the dend senator. Guarded by Company i, Seventh United States infantry, the! lay on a bier under a beautiful canopy of American flags, surrounded by stately A sik dag was draped over the casket, and upon this lay several wagnificeut wreaths body palius Millen Gets $23,000 Verdiet DETROIT, Mich, Jan. 25 —~Homer © Millen has been awarded a verdict of $25,000 in the damage sult against William J, White, a Cleveland (0) cap italist, which has been on trial here for seven weeks. Millen was formerly White's agent near Ann Arbor, Mich and the case hinged upon an encounter between Mr, and Mrs Millen and White. Millen charged White with at tacking Mrs. Milleu, while White | clalmed be was acting ouly tu self de | fense | thild Labor Question In the Senate WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 Much of | the business of the sennte which was scheduled for Inst week was sarily postponed on account death of Senator Alger Falay tor Beveridge continued his speech on the child labor question and was Jisten | wl to with marked attention for sev ral hours . Hew, Alexander Gllehreist Dend PITTSBURG, Jan. 28 The Rey Alexander Glichrist, DD, secretary uf | the home mission board of the United | Presbyterian dancinination and one of! the most prominent figures of the cliurch, dled at his home here after ex | tended illness. Dr. Glclirist was born | it West Hebron, N. Y., on March 25 | 1854. eves | of the Senn Sultan Wants Ralsuli's Head, | TANGIER, Jan. 28 Operations for] the pursuit of Raisull started with al hombardment of Zelinl's fortress, In| which Ralsull Is surrounded . Large! quantities of artillery ammunition have] THE THAW TRAGEDY Court Session Taken Up With Selection of Jurors. PASTOR TELLS OF PACE THAT KILLS Rev. Madison Peters Draws Moral te Warn Young Mea and Women of Stain That Mars Our American Life. NEW YORK, Jan. 28% The trial of Harry K. Thaw for the killing of Stan ford White was resnmed bere today with ‘the examination of talestuen for the jury, five being yet required te Dr. Madison C. Peters In his sermou in the Majestic theater pointed some lessons which, be sald. peedesd tc be learned from the Thaw White frag edy and emphasized the fact that had young Thaw but learned some of these otil be an accused murderer In a prison cell He continued: “There are many of his kind In New that kills, youths whose pockets are plethoric with money they never earn- ed and money oftentime coined out of the blood of the poar “If all the evidence Is brought out we will have written during this trial our American life. It will tell a story of crimes worse than murder, the sto- ry of men of large wealth who are making it their business to degrade of wealth to the corruption of innocent girlhood whose only misfortune is its poverty “Sad to say, there are too many among us who look with lustful long- Ing upon every innoceut girl who Las beauty enough to attract thelr atten- tion, men who use the power of their money io seeking to encompass her ruin and who ever partake of a chang- log feast where virtue is the first dish “Men about town have for jears freely discussed what has now become public property through the pistol shot of revenge. Our attention Is once again to the parent rulved youths who through thelr Inherited wealth are cursiog our country today and giving it an unenviable reputation among the nations of the world “This city 1s full of prowling wolves seeking the spotless lamb, unclean Jackals of concuplscence who are plan ulng bourly to entrap lunocence to de struction, “Disgusting as will be the details of the present trial, nevertheless it will work good in the end if the people learn the practices of the so called high life of New York—high life run low “The lesson which neither White nor Thaw ever learned was that of self control” ———————— Steady Increase of lusanity, ALBANY, N. Y, Jan. 28 —A steady Increase of insanity in this state is re nacy In its eighteenth annual report, The net in institutions was 805. In the state hos It was S39. The whole number of new cases developed during the year was 5,761, slightly wore than daring the preceding year. The total of the year was 2832 of whow YW Two Fatal Accidents Near Hatler BUTLER, Pa. Jao. 25- Judd Steele, nineteen years old, was killed and tweuty five vears old, is fatally injured as the result of a bofler explosion In an oll pumping liouse near Chicora, A defective regu- In a some what similar accident James Byers, a well known ofl operator, was fatally Injured. Byers was found uncousclous in an oll pumping shanty with hls clothing burned off, the tHesh of his arms burned to a crisp and his legs frozen Governor Hughes to Speak. NEW YORK, Jan. 28 — Governor Hughes of New York this eveniug will make an address at the banquet in New York city of the American lust tute of Social Service, an organization formed to preveut as far as possible the destruction of human life ln vari ous Industries. Tomorrow morning the institute will open an exposition of safety devices and methods of indus of Natural History, New York Coal Train and Trolley (ar Meet WORDEN, III, Jan. 28 The trolley pole left the wire as an electric car of the linols Traction system wns cross Ing the Litchfield and Madison ratlroad track. and a moment later a coal train Five pas sengers were lnjured, the electric car was wrecked, and the locomotive and nlua loaded care went into the ditch Wile Marder In llrooklyn NEW YORK, Jan. 285 Following a dispute Inspired by jealousy the part of the husband, Pasqualo Grosso, aged twenty eight years, shot and in- stantly Killed his wife at thelr home ln Brooklyn, on George Burnham, Jr, at Sing Sag. OSSINING, N, Y, Jan. 285 -Qeorge Rarnbam, Jr, former vice president ticipate in the attack. Higging Now Holding His Own, OLEAN, N.Y, Jan. 28 Dr. Hibbam) Mase Saffers Fire Loss of £100,000, EL PASO, Tex, Jan 25 -Fire has forty-eight hours has lost nothing. He in all od ET wi oA Aly -— ere, and Thorn & Co. safe dealers; = Selling EE — A — wing to lack of room we are obilg- ed to sell staple goods that we ought to carry over. considering the mark- et conditions today Blankets Will Be Higher. be higher next year. Better take ad- of our sale. Cotton blankets 12¢, iNe, 65¢, Noe, 8c, BLI2Y, $1.25 and #150 in white and grey, all worth one third yaniage more Wool Blankets. 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