I EE . W. BISHOP, constant repetition of deliver. good coal has given us our repu- We handle Lehigh Valley and It you buy from ‘COLEMAN HASSLER, No. 118 Brie Bt, Sayre he Ore Ask your nh _ Both Phones. Wholesaler of Wines, Beer and Ales. OUR SPECIALTIES CLUB WHISKEY, DOTTER- WICH BEER AND ALES, NOR- FOR MINE" _ | ocK BEER ax s to all who have it, and it accounts Murder Trial Jurors. FAIRE 1S EVIDENTLY DISMISSED. Jurer Mad Not Applied For Release NEW YORK, Jaa. 30.—-The first big surprise of the trial of Harry K. Thaw came when Justice Fitzgerald, on mo- tion of District Attorney Jerome and with the consent of the attorneys for the man sccused of the murder of Stan: ford White, announced that two of the. Jurors selected in the early days of the proceedings would be excused from further service. “Without any reflection on the jury: men whatsoever,” said the presiding judge, “jurors Nof 4 and 8 will be ex cused.” The men In question were Arthur 8. Campbell, s superintendent of tele phone censtruction, and Harold R Faire, priater and publisher of a pam- phiet circulated tn Wall street. “By agreement” sald District At terney Jerome, “the reasous for this action will not be made public, but they are of a business nature.” When the excused jurymen left the courtrsom they were besieged by ques tioners.~ Mr. Faire created & mild sen- sation in the corriders when be assert od with positivenesas that Le was ulter iy tn Ignorance of any reason why he should be asked to step down He sald: “The anneuncement in court was the first knowledge 1 had of the intended action. In passing through the court house corridors I heard a man remark that two of the Thaw jurors were to be axcused. 1 had no idea that the re mark could include me. About three yoais age, when 1 was connected with a brokerage comcern, two detectives from the district attorney's office who said they visited the places which sell unlisted securities dropped Im on me, asked some impertinent questions and wanted to know If I ug be willing to ge up to the district attornay’s office any time | might be wanted. 1 sald ‘Yes, but that was the last [I ever heard of the matter.” Mr. Campbell, the second of the ex- cused jurors, declared he “had toe puch respect for the court to give an interview.” It was generally reported that Mr. Campbell had asked te be re dieved. He begged to be excused when first placed om the jury. One new juror had been added to the trial panel when the excuse of Faire and Campbell was angounced, and a second one was subsequently &ecured, thus offsetting the Joss of the two pre viously sworn jurors. There are nine men in the Jury box snd three vacant chairs ag the result of the examina- tion of 218 talesmen. The two new jurors sworn ia were: No. 10, Johu 8. Deunee, traveling freight agent. thirty-«lght years of age and unmarried. Ar. Dennee is » native Sho Orleans. No. 4, David" 5. Walker, real estate broker, thirty-four years of age and un- married. Mr. Walker Is & son of John Brisben Walker. Thaw seeined to ba particularly well pleased with the selection of both Deu- net and Walker and smiled when the prosscution withdrew all pending chal lenges against the talesmen. As s00D ay Mr Dennee sald he was a Loulsl- snian Thaw was seen in earnest con- sultation with his lawyers. Mr Walker was accepled by the defense in spite of the fact that be sald be knew Btanford White and many of-the dead archi tect’'s friends. He also had formed an opinion in the ense and expressed it many times. These facts, Mr. Walker declared, however, would not prevent his rendering sp entirely fair and im- partial verdict. He had not seen White for a year bafore his death. The defense now has thirteen of ita peremptory challenges Jeft and the The members of the Thaw family were all In court and for once dis armed those who bad circulated re- ports of a serious break in the family relations, Mrs. Willlam Thaw, mother of the prisoner, conversed and chatted with Mre. Harry Thaw constantly. The Countess of Yarmouth also talked free- with young Mrs; Thaw at lutervals the day. Miss May MacKenzie was a participant In severnl of the family chats, notably during the lunch- oon recess, when the party sat for a time in a circular group and carried on a general ceuversation. The prisoner seamed to be in high spirits, and the fact that the actual hearing of the case bad been put back a full day or more by the court's action in excusing two of the sworn jurors did not seam to bave the least effect upon him. It Is now belleved that the taking of testi. mony cannot he reached before tomor Hale Lectures the Senate. WASHINGTON, Jan. U1 -Tha sen ‘Ate began its session with o lecture from Benator Hale, who coutsnude | that too much talking sud not puna ch work wan being douse. Senator Beveridge concluded his speech In advocacy of Lis child labor bill, which has sccupfed three days. The fortifications appropri ation bill, earrying S2141,700, was passed, as was also the diplomatic and consular appropriation hill, earrylag PRICE ONE BALDWIN WORKS ABLAZE. Espleston and Fire Destroy Entire Section of Plant; Less, §1,000000. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. JU. — Fire which started with an explosion in the paint shop destroyed oue entire sec works last night entailing a Joss of $L00000. The destroyed bullding faces on Spring Garden street and im- mediately adjoining the main office at the corner of Broad and Spring Garden streets and the erecting shops, smith abops and foundries on the south. These buildings were threatened with destruction-as were other departments in the rear of the dastroyed building along Spring Garden street and on Fif- teenth street, and the entire fire de partment was called out to fight the flames. About 1,000 men ware employed In the burned building which was five stories high, The pipe bending depart. nient was on the first floor, the “jack- etiug” or sheet iron department on the secoiid, a metal patteru storeroom and brass fitting rooiu on the third, the paint shop and cab finishing depart ment snd paint storercom on the fourth and the drafting and designing rooms ofl the ffih door. The fire was discovered in the east end of the bullding, adjoining the malin office buliding, a few minutes before 6 v'clock, when the workmen were pre paring to leave, and though the ames spread quickly all were able to get out of the building safely. Shortly after the fire started the up- per portion of the wall on Spring Garden street fell into the street, and ote fireman and three workmen were caught by the faliing bricks, but for- tunately received only slight fnjuries. The firemen, with the assistance of the fire patrol from the plant, succeeded in getting the flames under control within an hour after the fire was dis- covered. The Baldwin Locomotive works is the largest industrial plant In the Unit: ed States and employs 18000 men in this city and nearly 10,000 in depart ments at Lewistown and other places, John H. Converse, president of Burn- ham, Williams & Co. #hich operates the Baldwin plant, sald that the loss would reach prolably $1,000,000, fully covered by Insurance. The 1.000 men employed in the burned bullding, he said. would be Immediately put to work in other departments, WRECK ON BOSTON AND MAINE. Five Killed When Eipress Hit Freight Near South River, DEERFIELD, Mass, Janu. 80. —Five persons were killed and several injur ed In a collision between an express train and a special freight on the Fitch burg divisien of the Bosfon and Maine rallroad near South river. The killed wele all employees of the rallroad. The Injured include rallroad employees and several passeugers. South River Is a station near Deer field. As the express was running at the usual speed the signal whistle was blown for some reason that does not yet appear, and the express came to a sudden stop. While a brakeman was endeavoring to place signals behing the train the freight came along and crash ed Into the rear of the express. The rear car was a ‘“‘deadhiead” coach, In which were several employees of the ralirond, and these were the ones kill od or Injured. George B. Busseno of the express tralo, living at Troy, N. Y.; forty seven yéurs old; murried. Baggagemaster G. W, Harrington of the express, living at Troy, N. Y. M. A. Fitzpatrick, engiucer, Rotter- dem Junction, N. Y. Chauncey Cota, eugineer, Mechanics- ville, N. Y. R. N. Dennison, fireman, Mechanics ville, N. XY. Injured: John Clapp, residence un- known; taken to Greenville hospital. None of the other lujured needed hospital treatment. The bodies of the five tralnmen were all badly burned by fre which followed the collision. Peollice Get Suspect's Letters. NEW YORK. Jan 30.—The district attoruey has received two letlers be Heved to have been written by John Bell, the suspected nan In the Towns: end murder. case, to his brother and sister lo Brooklyn and mailed on Thureday, the day before the murder, In one of them Bell wrote that he lo- tended to commit suicide, declared that Dr. Townsend had caused his wife's death by neglect and that he (ntendod to have revenge. The funeral of Dr, Townsend was held yesterday after noou at his home ln Westervelt avenue, New Brighton, Dynamiters at Oyster Bay. OYSTER BAY, N. Y., Jun 30-A grocery store owned by an Italian nam. ed Frank Carome was demolished by an explosion of dynamite. Carome and his family, who slept in the rear of the store, were hiadly bruised, and one Italian who slept In a room over the store was serfously Injural. The ex plosion fs believed to have been the outcome of a fewd between [tnlians employed by local contractors Russian te Bey Our Wheat. BT. PETERSBURG, Jan, 50.-On ac count of the fallure of the loon) wheat crop Russia this year will be un pur chaser of American wheal, and the first shiploand will arrive shartly at Riga on its way to Rybinsk. The price on the Russian market probably will be $1.15 a bushel, which is 7,cents under the jo eal price. Other cargoes of wheat bave d Sentenced a Death, HAVE DUEL OF WORDS President Defles Trusts Gridiron Banquet, “ALLCOONS LOOK ALIKE TOME" A JOKE at Washington Correspondents’ Clab Al- tows Neo Reports of Speeches to Go Out—Roosevelt and Foraker Have Heated Debate. WASHINGTON, Jan. 80.—-The Grid- iron club of Washington las issuead a statement which corrects ou 8 minor point the published story of the per sonal clash between President Roose veil and Sepater Foraker at the club dinner on Saturday night, but which does not deny that there was such a clash por that the president defiled Foraker, J, Plerpont Moman and I. H. Nogers to their teeth: ln fact, the statement seems Indirectly to confirm the essential features of the contro- versy. The cubs statement follows: “The execullve committee of the Gridiron club desires to say that the published article concernlug a discus sion between President Roosevelt and Senator Foraker at the dinuer Is false and misleading. “This article carries the assertion that President Roosevelt In 2 running comment on the features of the dinner sald, ‘All coous look alike to we,’ and that Senator Foraker quoted the line also and added, ‘And all other persons look alike to me’ “What happened was that President Roosevelt read from the clul’s joke book the line, ‘All coons look allke to me,” which appeared under a cartoon of Senator Foraker, quoted It and then added, ‘And all white persons look alike to me also,” nnd went on with his speech, “It is the invariable rule of the club that no reports of the speeches of its quests shall be prioted, and it places its guests on honor in that regard. The story was not prioted in any news paper that was represenied at the din uer either by a member of the club or as a guest” The Gridiron club, which Is compos- ed of the Whahington correspondents of all the great American aud foreign newspapers, entertains at {ts annual dinners many eminent men, and, as the proceedings are supposed to be sub rosa, these emineut men some- times unbosom themselves ou the grid irou as they would hardly dare to do elsewhere. Naturally, therefore, the club wishes to disavow responsibility for the publication of so startling a se cret as that of Saturday night's verbal duel between the president of the Unit. ed States and his chief seuatorial op- pouent, It is certain that the president was very much lmpassionad in his remarks, that he spoke for uearly a half hour aud that the incident, combined, as it was, with a heated controversy with Seuntor Foraker about government at tacks upon railroads snd other corpo rations, and a review on both sides of the Brownayille affair, resulted in breaking up the programme of the din. ner and ending that affair long before its expdcted termination. In Bls earnestucss the Ohio senator walked toward the president and, shaking his finger at biw, ewphasized his declaration. Golng lo between the tables, which were arranges! in the form of a gridiron, he stood directly In frout of Mr. Hoosevell aud 10d the president some things about usurpa- tion of powér by the executive that no one before bas ever dared to tell him to his face. In reply It Is said that President Roosevelt stood up and, shaking his fist in the direction of Seuator Feraker and of Mr. Morgan and Mr. Rogers, sald; “If you geutlewen are not willing to accept the action of the couservautive class, which Is ready fo afford protec tion alike to the rich and the poor, 1 will say to you now that when you bave disposed of us by your machina- tions you will ind yourselves fice to face with a people which Lelleves it Las been deprived of its rights and a mob which does not have the least re spect for riches You cau take your choice,” Decision Against McClellan, NEW YORK, Jan, 80.—The appellate division of the supreue court has haud ed down an decision deuylug the motion made lu behalf of Mayor McClellan for permission to appeal to the court of ap peals from the Jecision of the appellate division affirming the decision of the lower court preventing the destruction of the ballots in the New York mayor ally contest of 1900. Flahing Fleet Techound, WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. - Captain Ross, chief of the reveuue Culler serv ice, has received a telegram from the captain of the reveane cutter Gresham at New York stating that u fleet of fishiug vessels and merchynt ships are fcebwund In the harbor at Salem, Mass He will at once sall for Salem to as sist in breaking the ice aud releasing the feel - Captain Wendell Discharged. ALBANY, N.Y Jan. 30.- Adjutant General Henry last night jssual a spe cial order discharging Captain Louis Wendell of the First battery, Néw York, from the national guard, The order was Issued nfter the receipt of the captain's resignation, Captain Wendell was under charges of miyuse of armory funds Wreck Vietim Dead nt Toledo, TOLEDO, O._Jan. 30,--Willard Robb of Adrian, the Thke & Stare fireman who was Injored 16 the wreck st Rigs, | 18, | at St. Vines RACING AT PALM BEACH. Third Ansan] Regatta of Meter Boal Association Opens. PALM BEACH, Fla, Jan 30—The third annual regatta of the Palm Banach under ideal weather conditions. male event, a ten mile race for boata rating over eighty, the Dixie, owned by E J. Schroeder, scratch boat, after completing the first round of five miles at the mte of 283 miles an hour quit with a broken gearing. The Katherine, owned Ly J. Middieliy, Jr, Boston, with 4 miootes IX seconds handicap, won Ip 283 minutes 26 seconds actual time. H Bf Willoughby. Jr's. Gray Wolf of Néwport, R. I. handieap 5 minutes 48 seconds was second in 30 minutes | of Ardmore Pa, seconds. The five mile moe for boats under eighty rating Lad eight starters. and all finished. Smith & Mabley's Simplex, driven by H. Broesel, handleap 1 min- ute 8 seconds, won In 17 minutes #4 seconds actual time. Hot Stuff, owned by D. K. Southall of Miami. handicap 1 minute 1 secoud, was second io 19 minutes 12 secomds, aud Passum, own ed by Lieutenant I. E. Willoughby of Newport, scratch, was third in 1S min: sites 48 seconds The most notable aspirant for the Dewar cup for the mile championship ia the Dixie. She will also try for the world's mile record during the week The success of the flag to flag moe from Miami to Nassau seems assured, over ten entries for the voyage across the gulf stream having been made. Mud Saved Jockey Martin, - NEW ORLEANR Jan was great excitement at fell at the balf wile post and apparent was rendered uneouscious by the fall | were broken The mud was deep where Martin fell The winners were Law Bertuiont, Rickey, fens, or Easy Victory vor Tony Faual. L. BAN FRANCISCO, Jan 30. land the feature wus Miller's wonder ful Anish on William's Huerfano ove the Futurity course. Davis ou Avon ner. After being almost left at the post Miller rode Huoerfuno through the bunch and fnished well, wilh stopping The Genevieve handicap proved an easy victory for Tony Faust Lasker Lends nt (hess, NEW YORK. Jan. 30. The second plonship of the world hetween Cham pion Dr. Emanuel Lasker and Fruuk J, Marshall, played at the Everett House bere, was won by Lasker, the Intter thus increasing his lead to two points had been made Wrenne at Los Angeles, LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan 30.—Raln fell at Ascot and made the track a bit slow. The feature wus the mile handi cap for three-year-olds. Wrenne, at 8 to 1, was off second and held the posi tion well sud wou out by a Lead over A. Muskoday and Vom Tromp, the lat ter belng favorite. Celor Line Dispute In New State. GUTHRIE, Okla. Jan. 30-—Ig the constitutional convention the “Jim Crow" problem stole into the debate on the committee report forbidding marriage between whites and blacks and Indians aud negroes. The ques tion of Inserting in the coustitution a plank providing for separate cars and waiting rooms In Oklahoma Is the most delicate that coufronts the delegates The self styled “conservatives,” head od by Murray, Haskell and Hayes, are opposed to the proposed measure on the grounds that there is danger of the president vetoing the constitution Blue and Uray at Jamestown, WASHINGTON, Janu. 30.~1t is prob able that the veterans of the blue aud the gray of the civil war and the Sous of Veterans will be represented and take an active part tu the Juwestown exposition, To this end the question of erecting 4 building at Jamestown to be kuown as “the building of the bloe and gray veterans and thelr sous” 18 being agitated If the wmwovement should pirove a success the veterans will lave many war relies on exhibition, the most Interesting of which will Le the uniforms and swords of Generals U.S Grant and Robert E Loe Tolatal Not Dangerously JN MOSCOW, Jan. 80 —A =on of Count Leo Tolstol was luterviewed here re garding the rumored dangerous ness of his father, the famous Russian au thor. Ie sald that he had had an at tack of Influenza last December, but that he had recovered by Christmas time Since then he brouchinl troable, hat this {liness was takiug its normal course, nnd the pa tient was uot In danger. Suicide Wan Demented. NEW YORK, Jan 80. John A. Brit ton, son of “Harley Merry” Britton the scenic artist, committed suicide at his Brooklyn home by shooting Con which occurred A year ago, Is sald to have made the suicide mentally irre sponsible. He was thirty-six years old and the father of Ave children reese Aequitted at Eimira, ELMIRA, N.Y. Jan. #0 Silas Brecse, charged with manslaughter In belug responsible for the death In No- vember, 1005, of Edward M. Myers, village clerk of Horseheads, wis ac quitted by a Jury in the county court SENATE IS” DEFIANT California Will Fight For State Righta “ WON'T HAVE JAPS IN THEIR SCHOOLS Call It “Unwarranted Interference With Constitutional Righis” of El Dorade State—FProtlest From “Whole People.” BACRAMENTO, Cal, Jan. 30 ~The senate has adopted the majority resolu tien on the Japanese school question without debate. It “streaucusly pro tests against the unwarranted (uterfer ence with the constiutional rights of the state” and “requests the governor and attorney general to do all things to protect and save the riglits of the state of California.” The miuority report, which was vot od dowp, read “Whereas, The president of the Unit od States Is attempting to interfere” while the resolution adoptal substi tutes “federal government” for the president There was a debate for an hour on the minority resolution, which differed from the majority, in that it instruct «d the attorney general “to intervene in the sult pow [no the federal court and to assert the sovereign rights of the state of California as reserved to it by the constitution of the United States™ The resolution adopted follows: “Whereas, The federal government is aftempting to Interfere with the management and control of the public schools of the state of California by demanding the adriission of Japancse chHdren in the schools atfendod by white children in violation of an onder and county of San Francisco. made in pursuance of the laws of the state of California, notwithstanding that equal opportunities for education enjoyed by of Japanese residents iu this state at public expense; “Whereas, In our judgment, such in terference Is without warrant of law “Therefore, be it resolved by the sen te. the asseinbly concurring, That we, yu behalf of the whole people of the state of California, do most strenu ously protest agninst this nnwarrant od luterference with our constitutioual rights, and we respectfully request the governor and attorney general to do all things necessary to protect aud save the rights of the state of Call forula In this most important matter and the attorney general to that eml” General Booth's Busy Life. LONDON, Jan. 30 General William Booth, the aged foulider and head of the Salvation Army, bas mapped out travel tours for this year, lucluding visits to the United States, that might well tax the strength of a much young er man. The general has left here for Denmark, Norway and Sweden, wher for two weeks he will address two or three meetings a day. On Feb 23 he will leave London for New York, where he will spend two weeks before pro ceeding: by way of Cauada to Japan He will then go on to Pekin and will be Lack in London by July to cum mence another automobile cawmpalgo through the Britial isles. Lu the mouth of October he will again cross the At lantic for & two months’ tour of the United Btates, Treasure Found In Old Tronk, MANHASBET, N. Y., Jau. 30.-Dia mounds and other jewels valued at $35, 000 were found hidden lo an old trunk In the home of the late Charles Tripler of Mauhasset, discoverer of-Hqyuld air. The find was made by Mr. Tripler's son, LB. Tripler. who was appolated administrator and is heir to all of the elder Tripler's estate. The son knew nothing of the presence of these valua. bles until he broke into the trunk io or der to make an Inventory of the estate of the dead sclentist The elder Mr Tripler also left considerable real es tate to his son Cancel Late Shah's Land Grants. TEHERAN, Jan. 80 — The Persian parliament has determined to cancel all the gifts of laud made by the late shah after the proclamation of the coun stitution and to investigate the circum stances under which they occurred This measure in accord with the wishes of the present shah. It will af members of the entourage of the late shah who took advantage of the dying wonarch's illness to luduce him to make enormous grants of crown lands Seventy-two Baoadies Still In Mine FRANKFORT-ON-THE-M IN, Jan 30.--A dispatch from Saurbruecken