s oomstant repetition of deliver- ood coul has given us our reps- = Bic AFRORRIATON SANTO DONISCO TREATY RATIFIED, : —— Postal Service Peastons and Agricul. tural Dureas Are Costly—Pight te Make Packers Label Meat Cans—Ald Army Nurses. - WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.—The sen als has now passed the agricultural appropriation bill, carrying nearly $10. 000,000; the postolice appropriation bill, carrying $210,000,000; the peusion appropriation bill, carrying $145,000, 000, and the bill authorizing the estab Hahment of an agricultural bank In the Philippine Islands, - : 3 By a vote of 43 to 19 the senate has The principal fight over the agricul amendment requiring the packers to pay the cost of administering the meat Inspection law. This amendment was defeated on = point of order. Mr! Beveridge secural the addition of an, amendment which requires (he date | of canning and inspection fo Spear og | the label of the can cuntsinlug meat products, The po=toflice bill was passed iu an bour and fifteen minutes. Amend ments adding $1.385.708 for Lhe exten sion of the pueumatic mall service and requiring postal cars to be lighted with electricity were adopted Mr. Lodge secured the passage of the An amendment to this bill offered by Sen- ator Culberson decluring the intention of the United States to be to abandon the Islands as soon as a stable inde | pendent government should be estab | lished was defeated The senate also passed a bill granting A service pension to army nfrses, Those who are disqualified to earn a IN DEEP MUD. Keatar Won Feature ant New Orleans, Rucing In Easy Fashion. NEW ORLEANS La, Feb 26-In deep mud at the Fair grounds the reg- ular sixth race was canceled because of the pumerous scralches. The bets tors were badly left In the fifth race when they backed Ivanhoe all but off the board, only to see him finish out- side the money, The City park and Fair grounds owners will confed with. In a few days on extending the racing racing legislation in Tennessee. The feature, fourth on the can! saw McCormick's Keator win this event In easy fashion, Garner, who had the leg ap on Keator. had nothing to do but just let his mount go, smd he did go, winning by several lengths. Samma- ries: First Race. — Chase, first; second; Dinemock, third ; Second Race—Dew of Dawn, first;! Giresham, second; Lute Foster, thind, | Third Race — Don't A=k Me. first; Amberjack, second; Horseradish, thind, Fourth Race — Keator, first; Dargin, sevond; Monere, thind Fifth Race St. Noel, first; seculid; Delmore, third Sixth Race —Declared off. Seventh Race Rad Coat, first; Bitter Brown, second; Colnposa, thind, Balshed, i Reside, | “Tiger” Knocked Out 1a First Hound LONDON, Feb, 20 -Every seal In the Natloual Sporting <lub was filled Iast night to witness the most impor tant boxing match of the season for the heavyweight champlonshlp of Eng- land and a purse of $4750. “Gunner” | Jim Moir, the present holder of the! title, had the advantage of fourteen pounds in welght and nearly three! inches In height He proved an easy victor, knocking out “Tiger” Smith, | late of the Tenth hussars, iu the first | round. i HOT BOX DID IT. Collision at Cohasset, Mass, May Cont Life of M. N, Buchanan. ! COHASSET, Mass, Feb. 20.—Three | persons were injoresl, one very serious ! ly, and many others were severely! SHE FOILS JEROME Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Fighting For Husband's Life, DENIES ALL KNOW LEDGE OF DR, FLINT Ovdenl of Prisoner's Young Wife on Witness Stand About Ended With Life Stery Sull Unshakenm by State Praseeuntor, NEW YORK, Feb 28 - Mrs, Harry Thaw spent five hours and a half on the witness stand under a persistent cross fire from District Attorney Je rome, but when the adjournment was announced it was the opinion of the observers in the court that the little wouian had cleverly foiled every at- tempt to befog her. When adjournment was taken the prosecator announced that he had practically concluded with the wit. ness. The cross examination was abruptly District _Attoruey Jerome might have opportunity to place Abruhaw Hum- mel upon tie stand in au effort to prove that the wife of Stanford White's slayer had committed perjury. At the close of the fourth day of one of the most hitter cross examinations to which a woman witness has ever been subjected. and which has been combatted with undaunted spirit and great success by the frail little wo- that If the court would grant him an adjournment he would put upon the stand Lawyer Abe Hummel, the lat- ters stenogrmpher and the notary who had acknowledged the complaint Eve Iyn Nesbit signed, stating that Thaw had lashed her In the schioss In the Austrian Tyrol It was the second sensational inel- dent of the day. It was almost as dramatic ax when he confrunted the girl with Dr. Cariton Flint and de manded whether she had not gone with Jack Barrymore to consult the physiclan. This Mrs. Thaw denied, Ambassadar Bryce Presented. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. —Ambassa. $ 3 sald: “Mr. President, | have the honor! sovereign, to deliver to you u letter ac | crediting me as his ambassador to the | United States of America. iis majes | ty has directed me to assure you of! his earnest wish that the cordial rela. | tions which bappily exist between] Great Britain and the United States! should be maintained and strengthened | and bas impressed upon me the duty] er for the attainment of this end.” Twenty Jumped From Diaszing Hotel | HICKORY, N. C, Feb. 20 —Hickory | Inn bere, oue of the largest hotels in| the western section of the state and 8 noted summer resort, was destroyed by | fire at an early hour. When the fire! was discovered it had made such bead. | way that escape by the stairway was impossible for those on the second and third floors. Of the forty guests fo the hotel about twenty were forced to Jump from second and third story win. dows. Five or six were badly injured by jumping, ove, n traveling salesman, probably having bis back broken, Loss, $50,000. Claim City Site Worth $50,000,000. LEXINGTON, Ky. Feb. 28— Assert. ing themselves to be descendants of Baron Springer of Sweden and belrs to an $80,000,000 estate In Delaware, locluding the site of the city of WII mington, Mrs. Belle Jones and Mrs W. C. Moore announced that they would at once send attorneys to Wil mington, Del, to luvestigate the case with 4 view to obtainiug their share of the estate. MADAME DEAN FRENCH FEMALE A PILLS.§ A Barn, Contain Kasay ov Sevres Wesres sro, EE or Me Ratu” fm pores Se 440 poe bea, Will send hom on (rial to be tor “ten Bumpin Frew, 17 your Sreggiat bee Bary Lhe sad our werden La (Se UNITED MESICAL CO. 804 74, Lancasrea, Pa. Sold in Sayre by the West Sayre Phareacel Go. J. G. Howe CABINET MAKER, Household and OMice Furniture Re | paired. Will Call at House and Give Fstimates #1 NORTH WILBUR AVENUE, | iho” SAYRE, PA. 518 A.H.Murray, M.D. . OSBORN'S LIVERY Heavy and Light Drayin- and Movisg. mt St gr, 4, Gord any ., Waverly. and all kinds of team work attended to promptly. Livery ai- division of the New York, New Haven! and Hartford railroad last night M.| N. Buchanan, a brakeman, was the! most ferfously Injored. He was caught hetween the locomotive of one of the! trains and a car and hadly hurt Inter nally. He was removed to the hospl- tal. A young woman who refused to) give her nawe and Edward W. Arnold | of Weymouth. loth passengers, were; cut about the head, i The tralos were the local from Bos | fon and the mall train from Plymouth for Boston by way of Cohasset. On! the way from Plymouth the locomotive of the mall train developed a hot box, | and upon reaching the yard bere a stop was made to disconnect the engine! from the train. Before a tlagman had been sent out to warn other trains the local backed down around the curve and crashed into the rear of the mali} train. All the cars of the mall traln! were given a violent jolting, windows were broken, and all the platforms of the cars were torn away. The passen gers of the mail truln were all shaken| severely, and some were cut and bruls ed Big Stick For Little Republies. WASHINGTON, Feb 24 — Unless Nicaragna and Honduras speedily agree to arbitrate their differences In response to the suggestion of the Unit ed States and Mexico it is not lmprob- able that Intervention will be resorted to In order to bring to an end the pres. | ent state of hostilities. An official note| bas been sent fo the presidents of Nica. | rgua and Hondurss In effect convey log this threat, Says Central Criminally Negligent. l NEW YORK, Feb, 205A formal re | (quest that the coroner's Jury bring In an verdict that the New York Central railroad and its vice president. William J. Wiigus, were criminally negligent in 16 In which more than a score of Jives were lost, was made by Assistant Dis trict Attorney Sumith here, Te Save the Prins Waldemar. KINGSTON, Jamalca, Feb. 26.—An attempt will be made to save the Ger man steamer Prine Waldemar, ashor on Plum point, near here, by means of compressed alr. The Prinzessin Victo ria Luise, on a reef close to her, is a hopeless wreck. Her port side Is now under water. * May Be Larchmont Victim. BLOCK ISLAND, R. I, Fen 28 The body of an unknown man, helleve to be from the wreck of the Joy lin steamer Larchmont, was washed ashore at the northern end of this | land. Members of the of 1} Sandy Point life saving station convey ed the body to the station Crew i Kiekpatrick Smitten With Smalipos | JEFFERSON O11 Y. Mio, Feb 20 Representative Kirkpatrick was striod en with smallpox. He ix the fith won votinectsl with the lower house of the! legislature who bas contracted the dis ine, Cyclone Reports Untrne. MANILA, Feb 2 The reports re cently In citcnlation hiere that the southern Islands of the Phillpploe ar chipelaga had been visited hy a sever cyclone dare quite without foundation Berth For Me(nrihy nt Hoston, WASHINGTON, Feb 20 The pres! dent has nominated for surveyor of custo ut Boston Jeremiah J. Me : 3 Mrs. Thaw will be teruporarily ex- cused this morntug to enable Mr. Je rome to introduce Abraham Hummel to Identify a photographic copy of the affidavit Evelyn Nesbit Is alleged to have signed and which charges Thaw with many cruelties doting their 19 trip to Europe. The district attorney got the contents of the affidavit before the jury by reading certaln of its and askiog Mrs. Thaw if abe told such things to Mr. Hummel. In each in- stance she declared she had not She also denled ever having sigued such an affidavit, admitting that she had, bow- ever, signed some papers for White In the Madison Square tower ui wives nature she was not aware It was early in the session when Mr. Jerome played bis strongest card. Mrs. (haw had denied most positively that she bad ever been to see a Dr, Carlton Flint with Jack Barrymore, “Call Dr. Flint,” commanded Mr. Je rome to a court attendant. The doctor entered from the witness room and was escorted to within a few feet of the witness chair. “Did you ever see that man before?” Mr. Jerome asked, The witness seemed just a bit star tiled, looking quickly and intently at the physician; then turned to Mr, Je rome and shook her head. “Never,” she declared. Thaw was Intensely Interested in this ackdent, und when It was over he turned to the newspaper men sitting iearest him and whispered “That man made a mistake ln com ng here. He stood there a lar. Do rou catch the polnt—a lar?’ Mr. Jerome next asked the witness If she had understood Thaw was paying honorable court” to her The discussion between the witness ‘od the district attorney as to just what “courting” meant caused some merriment. Mrs. Thaw and Jerome both seemed to appreciate the humor of It aud laughed, the witness smiling fi good nature for the first time on the and She declared shie didn't know tions during the first period of thelr wqualntance or not The district attorney questioned Mrs, Thaw minutely regarding her ac- uaintance with Frances Belmont and ticorge W, Lederer. She ndmiitted hay frequently taken supper alone ith Lederer. Mr, White, Mrs. Thaw sald, did pot ut her to go to Europe with Thaw » 1003, Her mother had told her she ust ngt tell Mr. White that Mr. Thaw ns paying for the trip. Mr. Jerome wil took Mrs, Thaw over the trip she inde over Europe alone with Thaw When Mr. Thaw heard of the letter f credit which Stanford White bad iven her, he became mgoch excited He said the money was filthy and polsonous and that | wiust never touch it again.” sald Mrs, Thaw. “He said he would take It so 1 could aot use it. ie sald that he would give we any hing | wanted and that if wamma vanted anything she would ouly have to ask for It, ‘When Mr. White gave we the letter of credit it was sealed up. 1 did not Liow what it was, aud he told we | 11st not open the letter until we were { sea. Whatever wax used of the waey was for my mother. Mr. Thaw Ave It to her after 1 had given It to Fm Mrs. Thaw sald she first wet her gushand at Rector's restaurant in De ember, 1001, or the following month. ng nominations of his greenbacks. She saw Thaw again alout 4 week later, He ealied at her hotel! and inet her mother. He appeared 16 be perfectly rational Thaw began sending ber flowers at this time, American Beaoties chiefly. On the first occasion, when he lnclosed $50 with a bunch of roses, she returned the money to hin. She told hin never to send her money again, and he apol ogized. She had seen nothing improp er In accepting flowers from Thaw, “You were not in the habit of receiv. | ing money from men, were yon?" ask- ed Jerome “No.” The tone was one of Indigna- tion. “How many times had you seen Thaw before he sent the money 7° “I ean’t remember” “Didn't it strike you as strange? | *1 knew it was always done nt the | theater; I saw It going on all the time.” | Mr= Thaw was in good spirits wien | she took the stand and looked declded | ly better physically than she dil last! week. She seeined thoroughly at home| in the witness chair and with a fvoy stool and back cushion appeared quits! comfortable. She had all her wits about her and did not fare at all badly | in the bands of the district attorney. | who was wore gentle in handing the witness, i Instead of further hurting the canse| of her husband Mm. Thaw managed to] make two decided gaine When court! adjourned last Thursday it appeared | from her own statements that she had | used a letter of credit from Stanford | White while touring iu Europe and; bad turned the letter over to Thaw, bat she explained that Thaw took the letter of credit from her, sayinz the money was ‘“‘polsopous” and nelther she nor her mother musttouch It and that he would provide them with funds. | Whatever had been spent of the mon-| ey, she declared, was for her mother. The second point Mrs. Thaw made was concerning the cablegrams which Thaw is sald to have sent to Stanford White from London It appearsd Thursday that these cablegramis were requests to White to ose his Influence in keeping Mrs Nesbit from “raising a row® and interfering with Evelyn con | tinuing In company with Thaw Mr. | lerpme took up the subject geain, bot! his questions elleited the inforiuation | that the letters did not conceru Mrs | fhaw ut nil, but related to a man, un | secretary of the American embassy, Sg Loudon, whom Mm Thaw had | “sneaked up to mamma's bedroom and | insolted her” Khe said the niin had also fnsulted her and that Thaw, proto. | ising to punch bis face, had gone in| search of him, but failed to tind Wim | The proceedings dragoe a great deal, i and It was evident long 1efire he uounced the fact that Mr Jor mne wa< nearing the end of his cross esnboa tion With Lawyer Abe Hummel on the stand the trial today shonid be Inter esting. The defense an oposs hon will JU0Tpt to al=credin dn ness, who Is under indictment. It may be late before Mis. Thaw will srain | take the stand for Mr. Jeroue's final | questions, which will have 0 do with the affidavit, Should the defense ide to proceed with the rede ination of Mrs, Thaw and Mr should take up the recross examina tion Mrs, Thaw may be kept upon the stand all of tomorrow and Thursday Mrs, Willlam Thaw, mother of the defendant, and Mrs Carnecic, his sis ter, were at the courthouse for the first time in ten days. The elder Mrs. Thaw has been sufferinz from a severe cold nt eximing wie wi de t exam Jerome Dies nn Christian Scientist. OSSINING, NY. Feb 2 George | Granger, aged twenty years, was put to death in the electric chatr at Sing Ning prison. His crime was the mur der of a farmer, Charles Lutz, In Dutchess county in 1G. The electric current was applied three tines before Grauger was declared dead. Granger died ar a Clristiau Scientist and was the first condemned man in the state of New York to go to the chalr a con vert to that form of religious teachliug He went to his death calmly Silver Service Vor Warship Georgia. ATLANTA, Gu, Feb ~The state of Georgla will present a sliver service valued at $10,000 to the battleship bear Ing her name. A committee consisting f Governor Terrell and the mayors of we Important city to each of the eles en congressional districts of the state | wet In the coroner's office amd selectind the design for the service, which wili consist of fifty-elzht pleces, te pleces and forty eight cups 20 large | | | Not Gullty, Says Mrs, Hradley, WASHINGTON, Peli 26 Mrs An | ule M Bradiey, Indicted for monder tn | the first degree for the alleged killing of former Senator Arthur M. Brown | of Utah, was armigned before Juda | Stafford In the criminal court Mrs. Bradley Is evidently fromm her confinement ln jal) was very hervous The Indictment wus read, and to It she pleaded not guilty here | suffering { as she Blg Explosion Shakes Sandusky. SANDUSKY, 0, Feb 2 Accumn fated gas (no the basement of the Hitt ner building, a three story brick stro tire on Market street, in the heart of the city, exploded with terrific force The ullding and the big stock of fur nltare of Dilzart & Bitter, retall deal ers, 18 a total lass Hundesds of dod lars’ worth of was shattered throughout the city by the explosion glass fawrason Changed His Mind. SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Felis 3 Lien tenant Geotge W. Lawrason wax again on the stand In the Penrose courd martial. Lawrason testified or cross examination that upon the night of the shooting te thought the barracks bud Leen fired ou, but the next worming fn he absence of billet harks aud proofs HARRIMAN BALES Interstate Commission Hear- ing at New York. MAGNATE DEALS ONLY WITH MILLIONS Regurding Chicago and Alton Rosd Affairs He Refuses Point Riank to Answer by Advice of Coun- sel-Long on Grill. NEW YORK, Feh, 26 —The Invest] gation of the financial operaticns of the Harriman group through the Union Pacific railroad undertaken by the in terstate commerce commission In be balf of the United States government was resumed at the federal building E. 0. Harriman, president of the Un lon Pacific, was the first witness and under examination by Frank Kellogg explained the financial operations of his company commencing with the Is sue of one hundred millions convertible bonds In 1001 for the purchase of stock The government was represented by Jolin G E. H HARRIMAN, Milburn, Paul D. Cravath and Max well Evarts. The conunissioners on the bench were Knapp, chairman: Lane, Prouty, Clements and Harlan Special counsel for the government made particular attack upon the reor ganization aud fimauciag of the Chi Ago and Alton raliroad by the Harriman symlicate and their action with a chal lenge by counsel for the railroads of the right of the interstate commerce individual an const] By direction of counsel Mr what Harri proportion Aiton sokl belonged to him individually, and the way was paved for taking the question into the federal courts. The point raised involves a material limitation upon the inquisi torial power of the commission and Is of serious importance to the whole question of interstate corporation in vestigntion : “You capitalized the S30.000000 of the Alton stock for $62.000,000%" asked] Kellogg “That is as you put It,” answered Harriman, Mr. Harriman identified a statement prepared by Comptroller Mahl show ing that the value of stocks acquired by the Union Pacific and the Oregon Short Line since July 1 last amounted to $131,000 (x0). He deals] that be and his associates had been speculating in securities, Thelr purchases the reinvestment of the proceeds of thelr sales of Northern Pacitic, They were not wade for the purpose of securlug control of the ruads in question. The Investments had made for the purpose of improving income. The wit ness had uno plans tu the future sales of present holdings Mr. Harriman testified that out of the proceeds of the sale of SLND ln bouds of the Chicago and Alton a 50 per cent dividend wus paid to the stockholders. Mr. Harriman denied any kuowledge of or participation in the sale of ten million of the bonds of the and Alton at 90 to the New Life losurance company Witness told of a weeting with the late President Cassatt of the 'ennsyl vanla ln August or September at Bar Harbor. They discussed the purchase f Baltimore and Ohio, but Mr, Harr man did pot think that the price Lad been inte. There no con 62 the preferred stack or the Worle been as Chicago York EO Were as to the purchase of Baltimore aud Ollo ind no outside understanding. It was i clean transaction, Acker Froceas lant Destroyed. NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y, Feb plant of the Acker Process com was destroyed biy fire and Henry 8, Fairchild, an electrician, was «fh hen loss Is SNinbiaw) Ihe company San Marcos de Colon Capiured. MANAGUA, Nkarmmgua, Feb 20 - a well fortified which was defended the Hondumn the head of a Nicars- Honduran town Ordones of war, at Texan Deats the Rallroads. WASHINGTON, Feb 28 The su- Tales, Chvorably to Drawers Children’s Muslin Drawers cluster tucks, good material, all worth up to 25¢. Choice of table 15¢. Children’s Cambrie Drawers with ruflle, all sizes, worth up to 50c. Spec- ial 29. : Ladies’ Drawers Open and closed 23e, 29¢, 3736, and Se. Corset Covers Lace trimmed, all specially pr loc, 23e, 25, 2S¢, 38¢, 4S¢, §8e. Gowns SUe kind, special kind, special i ives raaddBE 88¢c kind, special ...., serves nal $1.00 kind, special ..........esns $1.25 kind, special " $1.45 kind, special corer SLING $1.65 kind, special . $1.76 kind, special $2.00 kind, special Ladies’ Skirts ioc kind, sale price tirvsaaanventh $1.25 and $1.30 values, lace Lic or Hamburg Ruffles, sale price. .98 70 same as above same as AbOVE ..........0n same as above same as above lace only ... Hamburg Hamburg Hamburg India Linens An 1Sc¢ value for 13%c and of it - Waist Linen : 36 In. pure INE .......coeenvee BBE pure linen ceeresien STE tissinsany tress me ad sesame aanne $1 $2 $2 2.50 $300 $3.50 $4.00 $5.00 00 25 sevens sess ane sess esennny 10 {0 iu 6 in in in in pure crrrraanes 0 pure cerennanes B00 She pure e Hercerized Table Damask Sold elsewhere for B50c the yard Sale price 89¢. : ap 2 Pure Linen, Grass Bleached Dam-- | ask, 72 in, worth S0c to $1.00. Specs ial Toe. ong Cloths [teal Marquese ..10c qr 12 yds. S100 English Marquese, 121% or 18 yds $1.8 Euglish Brighton, 15¢ or 13% yds #1 Finer one up to 25¢ the yard, Persian Lawns ¥ A, 44 to 48 in, 18e, 23e, Sic, 4dey Me, sesuanbAan Ens and 65¢. French Lawns 14 to 48 In. 1Se, Sic, 37%e dhe, Bappa Cloth 36 in white, worth 15ec, male 18 fo. waisting, a trifle lighter weight, sale price 12%e. ld —— A QP ———— JUST RECEIVED Heautiful line of spring Dress Goods Allthe uew novelties in greys, taffeta checks, etc
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