Class Accommodations. Ave, Opposite L. V. Station. W. BISHOP, fonstant repetition of deliver od Coal has given us our repu- We handle Lehigh Valley and Coal, Hard and Soft Wood & “Beibach’s CAFE he Finest Beers, Ales, Wines and Cigars In the Valley. Sayre, Pa. + HELICON HALL BURNS a A ouy wis INQUEST TO PROBE CAUSE OF FIRE Lester Briggs Burned to Death—Mrs. Ceske and Miss MeGowan In Seri ous Condition—Many Narrew Escapes From Finmes, ENGLEWOOD, N. J, March 18— Corvaer Lees has requested Prosecutor Koester to assist bim iu the Investiga- tien and Inquest which is to follow the destruction by fire of Upton Sinclair's Helicon ball. The coroner has called & Jury, headed by Mayor McDonald Mackay, to Inquire Into the death of | Laster Briggs, a victitu of the disaster. Coroner Lees said: “Se mauy cvodicting stories Bave reached me from both members of the colony and outsiders that [ deem it Is my duty to go Into the matter moat fully apd ascertain the facls If that ls possible, and because of that I have asked the prosecutor to be pres ent and question the witnesses who will be called. I have constables run- ning down the stories that have been efrculated, and the tellers will be sum- meoned to testify, “Many people declare the fire mys terious Iu its origin, and the various rumors that arise out of these stories and conjectures will be sifted. “That the fire was discovered Imme- diately after it had started seems very unlikely. There were men io the build- ing who reached it about 2 o'clock. apd some of them are sald to recall having heard peculiar noises below thelr rooms for some time before the fire broke out.” - Mrs. Grace McGowan Cooke and Milas Allee McGowan, who were in- jured by leaping from the burning building. are still in a serious condi tion. The others who were burned are doing well The members of the colony seem in- clined to continue the experiment in a fireproof building Though the home of Upton Stoelals co-operative colonists wns totally de stroyed by the fire, with the loss of | ong life and injury te five of the colo | pists, Mr. Sinclair 1s emphatic In bis | statement that a new co-operative colo- | ny will seon take the place of the old and that the fire will prove to be an Incident merely and not a quletns The father of the colony sald that as soom as they got the smoke out of thelr eyes the searchers after a modern Utopla would set about re-establish- Ing themselves, Lester Briggs, a carperfter from Providence, R. I, was caught lu the burning building and killed. The most seriously injured are Mrs Grace McGowan Cooke, who, like her sister, Miss Alice McGowan, is a well known writer of fiction, severe strain of the spiaal column: Mrs le Fichtenberg, cook for the colony, puro od about the body and benised thrush keeper, burned and jarred by fall; Miss Alice McGowan, back sprained by fall; James McNIiff, engineer for the colony, burned. A New York dispatch says that Mr. | Binclalr lay oa a couch In the home of Gaylord Wiishire, editor of WII shire’s Magazine, who lives In New York and traced the silver lining to the clond that had suddenly settled over his celony, Mr. ‘Sioclale wore some of Mr, Wilshire’s clothes. “Just as soon as we get the smoke out of our eyes we will begin to look | for a place to re-establish our colony,” sald Mr. Sinclair. “It has been a beavy blow, and nobody feels the strength of it more than I, but I am convinced that those who tried the ex- periment of living at Melicon hall felt that it was 8 success and will be glad to begin again at some new place. “The colony bad no great encum- brances financially, It achieved most of the purposes for which It was start. od. There were twenty-five people waiting for places In the home when the fire came. For my part the snc cons we achieved in bringing up bables om the cooperative plan merits a try anew at the colony scheme” There are others of the colonists who are not so optimistic. They sald that there had been too many psychic cross currents in the life of the colony, Mr. Sinclair wanted to go abead with a rush and make the settlement a big thing right off at the start. The rest were not so anxious, About a moiith ago, so one of the colenists said, Mr. Sinclair resigned from the head of the colony and from the board of directors, urging as the cause of his action the necessity of work on a novel which he had con tracted to write for a publishing firm. Mr. Sinclair assured the colonists that be resigned In the best of good will, but that he did not care to be re-elect: ed a director, "At vighiteén minutes after 4 o'clock In the morning three muffled explosions sounded from below in the direction of the sun parlor. Mr. Hilliker, who is an {ostroctor in engineering at Colum. salversity and who bad gune to the hall only a few days before to In stall 8 new $1000 boller lu the vugine room, was by chance awake af the time the explosious sounded. Me Im. mediately thought somethiog had gone wrong with the boiler, The smell of sinoke led him to enter the sun parior. There he was met by & burst of dame and smoke, The big pipe organ. which extends from the to the celling of the second | In frout of the sun stairs and ran ting through the} galleries. poundiog on doors and rous ing the sleepers, So rapid was the rush of fames that there were many that were trapped on the second and thind storfes and had to jump Mrs. Grace McGowas Cooke and her sister, Miss Alice Me Gowan, two well known éoutributors of Oction, together with Mrs. Cooke's two children, Helen and Katherine were occupying two rooms nearest the beart of the fire Those who escaped from the building first hurried around outside of Mrs. Covke's rovms with! blankets. Airs. Cooke leaped far out of the yin dow aud drupped her chifiren cue at a the into the blanket that was stretch | al out by three of the colonists The fall wis ‘about twenty five feet Both! of the children made the drop without] i bump. Bot when Mm Cooke and} Miss McGowan dropped thelr weight! greal amd woth landed oni The! blow was so severe In each instanie| when wen attempted to lift them. At! the hospital the condition of both wo | mien was sald to be serions. Mme | Cooke Is believes! to have a severe! strain of the spinal column and Miss | McGowan has a badly strained back. ICE GORGL THREATENS CITY. Plttaburg Not Yet Free From Danger of Second Flood. PITTSBURG, March 18 — With eighty miles of ice in the Allegheny river above Parker, Pa, and a drig tling rain thoughout western Pennsyl- vania, local rivermen are looking for- city. Although the Monongahela and Ohio | rivers are slowly (alling, the Alle | gheny river Is stationary, The warm rain falling In this vicini ty Is expected to relense the ice which lies from: Parker, Pa. to a point eighty miles up the river, and by mornlog It will start down the river in great quantities. Preparations are being made here to prevent any serious damage when the By special permission a majority of | the mills sod wmunofactuciog plants! { which were closed fof three days by ithe recent high water wore In opera. ition. Work continues, and the plants {will he operated double time In an ef- fort to make up the time lost, CUT OFF A PRINCE'S EAR. Nikarldse Received Unique Wound From Saber Cut. ST. PETERSBURG, March 18— A shooting affray took place last night In the diuing hall of the Grand Hotel de Europe between Prince Nikarkirze, a marshal of the mobility from Kutals, and Captain Kosloff' of the East Si- beria sharpshooters - In the midst of a spirited argument concerning the autonomy of the Can- casus Prince Nikaridze made a dis . [praging remark about Russian mill tary prestige. Thercupon Captain Kos- off drew his saber and cut off the prince's ear, Reaching Into his pocket, the prince pulled a revolver and taking alm, fired twice, the bullets penetrating the neck and breast of the captain. A surgeon was called io aod sewwl on the prince's severed ear. Captulu Kos lol's wonuds are dangerous « Jenna's Dead Lald ta Rest, TOULON, France, March 18 — The victims of the explosion on board the battleship Jena March 12 were given An Imposing uational fupernl. All [hustness was suspended Me public and many private buildings were drap ed Io° black and the street amps were covered with crape. The funeral pro cession was extremely long. The cof fins were plied on gun carriages draped with the tricolor of France. and al most the whole population of Toulon Iressed lu mourning, lined the route Paris attended Imprisoned on C(ntaliua Island. LOS ANGELES. Cal, March 18 fTmprisoned for two nights on a narrow ledge of crumbling rock on Catallna island and onable to commnunicate his Janger to boatiug parties almost with io sound of his volce, E L. Sand a togrist from Ardsley-on the Hudson, N. Y., was rescued by fishermen De scending a steep cliff to bathe at the mouth of ap unfrequented canyon, sand, found hitnself uuable to retrace bis steps bLenuse of the crumbling *haracter of the rocky cliff Root om Visit to His Brother, UTICA, N. Y., March 18 Secretary of State Elibu Root spent Sunday at Clinton, the guest of his brother, Oren Root, bead of the mathematics depart ment of Hamilton college, who has been Hl for the past week. Secretary Root Is a graduate of Huuilton of 1864 class ctor Shoots Trained Nurse NEW YORK, March 1S William T. J. Davidge, an actor and foriner trans urer of the Grand Opera House, Brook Ivy, who Is charged with shooting Miss Rosalie 1D. Wilbert, a trained nurse, held without ball Fhe condition of Miss Wilbert (ontinue= eritienl is lamsdorft Dylug nt Sun Heme, SAN HEMO, Italy, March 18 <The sondition of Count [ umislr ff. formes Hussian minister of roqwigr affairs, worse. and he is being kept alivg he Infections of camphor. His family has been telegraphed for, : ix ; Eras Nn pe Down, inoue fur Shooting Up [oid Galveston Meport Says Hand of Col ared Troops Fired Inte Tews and Than Cleaned Hifles and Answered Holl Call. GALVESTON, Tex, March Galveston News Las printed the alleg {ed confession of a disch soldier ilu explanation of the miduight rivet of wegro sokliers of the Twenty fifth infantry who “shot up” Hrowaos ville, Tex, ou Aug 13, 1sni A state tient was made Ly one of the dischare thus after seven months of investiga tion by the authorities of the Unjted States what appears to be the true version of the riot has come to light be phrticipated in the riot. This wan bas Leen liviug iu Galveston since he and many others of the Twenty fifth infantry were discharged without hon or by order of Presideut Roosevelt from the military service According to the negro, the outrage was pot premeditated, bat was the re sult of an alleged Injury done oue of the soldiers by a white man in Browns- ville about a half hour before the riot started. The negro was struck by the white man at a resort In Brownsville The negro, returning to the barracks, was going to Kill the white man. Serv eral other negroes promptly volanteer against white citizens oa account of injuries they Lad suffered after committing the assault ou the town, and wany soldiers assisted In the burried cleaning of the guus for the luspection which fuliowed soon after the shooting ceased the Twenty QAfth infantry participated battallon, soldiers had Joue the shooting Many of the uegrves belougiug to this battalion euilsted In Galveston during the summer of Ind sand turned to the city after belug discharg al from the army. The returned sol. diers, It is said, were advised by negro politicians to avoid newspaper men but twé reporters finally procured the alleged confession through the fact that the negro conclufled that they were United States secret service de tectives and let the secret out The man who talked to the reporters sald his nome was D. C. Gray and that he was formerly a private jn Com- pauy B of the Twenty fifth infantry. Overman Confirms Galveston Story. WASHINGTON, March 18 —Senator Overman of North €arolina, who Is a member of the senate committee on military affairs, which is investigating the “shooting up” of the town of Brownsville, Tex., when shown the dis patch from Galveston telling of the al leged confession of a discharged negro soldier sald that the committee recely ed information two weeks ago that a former member of the Twenty-Afth infantry bad expressed a willingness to make a full confession if he could receive some assurance from the gov- ernment that he wonld be protected Senator Overman says that this infor mation was forwarded to Seeretary Taft with the suggestion that it be In vestigated the war department ‘All the discharged troops who tell the truth aboot the affair” sakl the seaator, “will certainly be protected by the government.” hy Didn't Know It Was Londed. BRUNSWICK, Me, March 18. —Mrs Lucey E. Frost. seventy years old and formerly of Bath, was killed here. it Is sald. accidentally hy the discharge of a shotgun which war being cleaned by Horace E. Donning. sixty-five years old, the owner of the house and for whom Mrs. Frost acted us housekeep er. Mr. Dunning, who is a widower, told thé coroner's jury thag he did not Know the gun was loade Duunulug was not arrested Joseph L. Caven Dend nt Haverford, PHILADELPHIA, Much IR Jo seph L. CUaveu, president of the Real Estate Title Insurance aud ‘Trust com pany of Philadelplila and the United Firewen's Insurance co died at ils home at Haverford, ned sey vity-two years. Death was caused by apoplexy. Mr. Caven far years president of the common council of this city mpaunyv, Pn, was Fromptly Quit Work to Get $100 000, ATLANTIC CITY. N. J, March 1S Charles Clegg Atlantic City hos ther, was informed that he hat fallen helr 10 a fortune of SHON or more by the death of his father in Eugland \ law firm of Eugland asked the po lice department to find Clegg Clegg promptly quit work aud propired te Zo to England nh Japan Increases Her Army. TOKYO, March 18 lu pursuance of the programme to lncrease arinnments fourteen ifantry regliuents have heen organized, mainly for the conven trated uortbern isles. The wnin base will be at Kurume, Afty uiles vortheanst of Nagasuk! Thieves Got Jen els Valued ni $2,500, LOS ANGELES, Cal, Madch 18 Uninterrupted by hundreds gf people who passed the r of Sixth and ; Satundn on men ry otal Feature Event of or New Orieans Rao ing Won by a Length NEW ORLEANS, March 18 Yan | lison, won the City Park Derby In hw-| pressive style before one of the Jargest | crowds ever seen on a race course inl There was 8 to | on ber chances at one time Buriew & | O'Neill's Sir Toddington, with J Hen nessy in the saddles, was second and J. H McCormick's Tilelng Balshed | third There was no doubt Yankee She pounds and had to work the front in the middle of atl although she tinlsiied she was a leugth to the finish. Mountain rode the Sir Toddington wag the pace mile and lsd his fefigths for that dis itance - [Te was sent out ta make the jranniug for his stable companion, | Judge Post, ridden Ly Prank O'Neil who, with his partner. Fred Burlew was very confident of lauding the $3 700 which went to the owner of the winner At the stretch Yankee drawing away from the stride. Judge Post showed signs of fatigue and dropped hack O'Neill saw that he was declsively heaten and sased htm up. Sir Toddingtan hung on gamely. but could not last the ronte and Yankee Girl croasad the line with A good length to spare. Tilelng man aged to lust just long enough to stand that 117 her way to the stretch very tired! good at the winger, fleld by several Girl was field at every off the California Derby winner, Tema- ceo, and got third place, |8t.Lonls Beaten In Sunday Ball Game | | TOUSTON. Tex. March 18 The St. { Louls National league baseball team {was defeated 1 to 5 In an exhibition [game yesterday ” afternoon by the | Washington Americans. Karger 41d {most of the pitchilug for ®t. Louls and | let in three runs in the fourth (inning Falkeuberg was the principal pitcher {for Washington Cambridge Wins Boat Hace | LONDON. March 18 Cambridge | {won the annual boat race from Oxford i¥ four and a baif lengths Ihe or the four and a quarter miles from Putney to Mortiake StuSminutes {0 seconde Last year (amb time le Wis dge won | A half lengths in 19 wio- | 24 seconds ivy three aod tiles Herreshal® Wins Gold (ap. PINEHURST, N. C. VMurh Frederick Hoerreshoff, the y fen City amatenr of the president's cup the third annual spring lofeatiug J. D. Fool the veleran, by 10 up and 8 ta pl iS ing (ar winner final of sirnament WAS an « in tu Lnawais 5 01d Couple Try to Die Together, HILLSDALE, Mich, March 18. Mr and Mrs. LL. H. Terpeuing aged couple who had been in feohle health for menths, attempted ta commit ide together by wrapping thelr heads in cloths soaked with cliloraform. Only the aged woman was successful, how ever. When found she was dead, apd her husband, althongh unconsclons, re sponded to the efforts at resuscitation They had evidently planned their sul cide together for tite The chloroform was purchased ten days A and Terpenlng gave $270 to a neighbor to he used for their foneral fXPelses Both of them: had been In feeble health for so long that no sus plclon was aroused by this act tn si Saibe £0 Wendel toury Martial Upens. NEW YORK, Murch 1S —A trial of great Interest to military men will be the court martial of Captain Louls Wendel of the First hattery, New York national gmard, which opened here to day, on charges of misuse of his con jtrol of the First battery armory. Cap fain Wendel has been Indictel by a grand jury on the charge of obtaining $2600 from the state treasury by sub mitting false bills for hiring horses for drills or parades. He is also charg d with exacting from the employees ff the armory payment of a portion of thelr wages to him under the guise of rent, Five Handred Homes Threatened HUNTINGTON, W. Va, March IR ie Ohio river reached its highest point, with 383 feet. After remaining stationary two hours it began to re cede slowly. The stage excended the fanuary flood, but much less damage wis done than in January homes in Huntington and Central City ire surronnded with water Cattlets burg, Ceredo nud Proctorville d Ihe Baltiiwore and Oblo raliroad has not ran a train into Huatington Ince Wednesday last Sone Nn nre Houwsl Mgr. Thorpe Dend CLEVELAND. O., March 18 Myr Thomas I Thorpe, well known prelate {in the Cleveland diocese of the f atholle church, Is dead here jrinl sclerosis. following an He Immaculate Roman of arte {Hiness of | several months of the Church of the Conception here fo to was pastor fourteen Years, previons 'WAR FOR ONE MULE Nicaragua and Honduras Fell Out Over Its Theft. T0 STEAL FROM REBEL REBEL NOT A CRINE, in Deflanse and War Declaration Between Twe Little Latin Republics WABHINGION, March mule—a mule belonging to [enor 00G Salgado— was the chief object of dispute between Nicaragus and lou duras wheu they the quar which fuaily ended in the war that is the peace of all Ceutrsl America, according to the official com munications ex iligei by the nls ters of the foreign affairs for the two republics, coples of which communica tious have bsen received In Washiag of IR — ire Leg 141 a The controversy hegan when Senor Augusto C. Cosllo, the Honduran min- to Senor Jose D. Games the Nicara Jan. 28 protesting agninat the theft of a mule from Ireneo Salgado by thirty five Nicaraguan cavalrymen, who were charged with entering Honduran ter ritory. Io reply Senor Gamer sald the Nica. raguans did not quite enter Honduras, although they passod near to the 1 town of los Manos, tile in that republic mule was not de letter that Ralgado was not a Handy. ran citizen, but a Nicaraguan, who had to leave that country becuuse of the part Be played iu a revolution two years before Consequently Nicaragua maintained that Hoodurus had po right to fy to the defense of Salgado's This brought a spirited reply from Fegucigalps, while a man eugaged by in trade there the same name a farmer, a Honduran of unquestiioued citizen- ship. ved at Manos aud owned the much mooted mule Nicaragua replied that it was true Rocha, who com Los but relterata) that the animal was not taken In Hon Dispatches grew long :r as the controversy waxel warmer Jther questions arose. Then the arbi- tration tribunal was opened, and fianl- ly the break came when President Zelaya of Nicaragua withdrew his member of the hoard of arbitration, ind war between Honduras and Nica ragua actlally lLegan ——————— Killed Him With Mining Plek WILKESBARRE, Pa, March 18 John Boshus, a Russian, was murder ad Saturday night at Brookside, a sub- arb of this city, by Petrn Komleck. a Pole. Komleck came home about mid- night and, It Is alleged, found Boshus In the company of Mrs. Komleck. Ko- mileck secured his mining pick and literally tore Boshus te pleces When life was extinct he drageed the body to Mill creek, nearby, and threw It in- to the stream I'he murder was not discovered until the body of Boshus was found. Komleck escaped Sald Newall Ruined His Home EL RENO, Okla, March 1S —-W. R. Rhea, a cornice maker, returned from Forth Worth, walked futo the confec tionery establishment of A Newall, in the principal street of the city, and fired five shots at the proprietor, kill- ing him Instantly. Rhea stooped over wud put out the powder fire In New- all's clothing sud then stepped out In the street snd surrendered to the chief of police, saving, “I would kill any man who rulned my home." 8t. Patrick's Day at Rome. ROME, March 18--St Patrick's day was celebrated at the Irish college, where Cardinal Vincent Vannutelll cel ebrated mass. The Right Rev. Thom as O'Gorinan, bishop of Sioux Falls Ia, conducted the vesper service at the college and later attended a din ner at the institution Among the other guests were the Moat Rev Rob ert Setou of Jersey City. titular arch bishop of Hellopaolis and Marquis Mar tla Maloney of Philadelphia Three Flood Victims at Parkershuarg PARKERSBURG, W. Va. March 18 The of John FF. Frau his son Henry and daughter Dells w ho were drowned Friday night while flee ing from thelr fooded howe, have teen recovered The river has fallen two feet, but the food situation Is little Improved There Is much suffering and the city Is without street cars, gas, electric lights or water bodies I= Husband, Wii PHILADELPHIA side by nd Dog Dead March 1S —Lylog side on a bed tu their howe which he spent twenty years as pastor of St. John's cathedral here | HR ————— I i Bos Thought Cow Was Rmpty NYACK, N. Y. March 18S Donald Dunlap Dingninn, fourteen years old son of the "Dr. LA. Dingman of Spring Valley dead here from a Hot fired fron m by his younger brother, N inte in 4 The hays were play that the wman lug, and Narman weapon was empty wos Soldier Kills Hamdl Pasha. CONSTANTINOPLE, March 18 <In Trebizond, Asiatic Turkey, Hamd! Pasha. commanding the Josal troops, while Jeating the wosque Seatetday was Aisivaled Ly a Bonchmiuk Tomas years old. and his wife Sheriow sixty eight Annie, sixty were found dead, as iMutainating gas. A fox Denial Frem John DD. AUGUSTA March 1% In re gard to the report wired here from the north that he had given SHIN. (40) to the Chinese famine rellef fund, John D. Rockefeller, through bis secretary, sald the story was all rot Ga Eighteen Killed Iu Wheeling Fire, , WHEELING, W. Va, March 18 Eighteen persona are known to have fost thelr lives In the fire that Sceur- red at the plant of the Warwick Pot tery com «Which is located Ia the fiopded Spring Showing of Sheer Fabrics! EN — Dress Goods ur attention is devoted » Dress We want They are fresh t Foreign and Domestic . ire and fancles at in the cities Goods if ifie col Blacks inama, cvery thread wogl, olie, 2 in P Tac, 2 in. Pa BLI2%;, 8B Panama $1.35, it in Vaile [he old in the inamsa, every thread wool, Bama, every thread wool, thread wool, every isc, $1.00 and $1.25 prices are exactly as ranton store, and youn them in the larger cities {importation makes theses prices hie Colors Checks at ée, 10¢, 12%e, 166, Se. ie. ae, and Toe, Double fold fancies lic, 2c, soe, 9c, 31.00 and $1.25. = Buying aboye Se thao heat [Hred Come In and look arvand. is uptional, Snaps for This Week aud $250 Waists, long opel front or back. ) Py sleeves Special at $1.58, $1.20 and $150 kinds, special af Se. is¢ India Linen, Special 18%e. Persian Lawn, 18e, = Perslan or French Lawn, 856 i% in. Persian or French Lawn 373e iS ln. Persian or French Lawn, Sie i% in. Persian or French Lawn, Se. 0c Table Linen (mercerized) B0¢ v in. Costume Linen, our own Im= portation, 23¢. 10 ia Costume Linen, - TRY our own Import importat 40 in. Costume Linen, round thread, our own Import importations, 45e, i6 In. Costume Linen, round thread. our own Import importations, She 46 in. Costume Linen, round thread, extra fine, ibe. Sheer White Fancies: New Embroidered Swisses. Mercerized Swisses Mercerized Satin Barred Batistes. New Checked creations In several prices Our values are exceedingly hard fo beat, New Additions Just Received Neckwear, bags. medallions, chemisettes, lace sets 6 in is i d thread, ad belts, over laces, etc Arnold’s Fabrics We howing a pretty line of these materials this season. No idl price in the lot. 5 Globe Warehouse Talmadge Block, Elmer Avengt. gloves are far singe ous a Valley Phone spe OSBORN’S LIVERY Heavy aud Light Draying and Moving. Baggnge called for and delivered n any part of Sayre, Athens nl Waverly, and all kinds of team wo ittended to promptly Livery a # tached 207 N. Lehigh Ave., Valley Phone R. H. DRISLANE Contractor and Ballder. Plans and Estimates Furnished. Miller St Sayre, Pa. Valley Phoue 1186y, 210 Re Alex D. Stevens, Insurance and Real Estate, Negotiated, Insurcznce Written, Houses Hented, Rents Collect od, Taxes Pald. Room 7, Elmer Block, Lockhart SL Sayre, Pa. PA0ANS J. (. PECKALLY Employment agency. Laborers and Foremen furnished in any quantity on short notice. No Sommistion ; | Bell phone 138, Riuaholn Siresh.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers