RAILROAD CONTROL Im——— PRESIDENT'S PROBE GOING DEEP. m—— Ne Fiaal Decision as te New Legis lation For Centrel of Trask Lines, Whese Chiefs Make Many Recommendations. WASHINGTON, March 20.—The In terview between President Roosevelt and Charles 8 Mellen, the president of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, arranged by J. P. Morgan for raliroad presidents for the purpose of discussing the raliroad sit- uation at the White House, Is over. President Roosevelt declares frankly that be is learning all he can regard: fog the raliroad situation and that be intends to eontinve to consult with raliroad presidents awd others on the subject. It is understood he ls mak ing inquiries on some points pertain ing to federal supervision and control of the ralirvads, to the guestion of an appraisement of the physical valuation of such preperties and to the matter of the issue of various forms of ia- debtedness, As to the last named, he regards It as perfectly proper, and be asses no objection to a proper issue of CHARLES S. MELLEN. obligations for equipment, terminals apd Dbetterments, but thinks there should be a careful scrutiny to see that stocks or bonds are Issued only for such purposes. The president has not reached any final determination as to whether he will make any recommendations to congress for legislation on andy of these matters. His position Is that he is simply pursuing diligently the study of these questions and obtaining all the Imformation avaliable before act- ing. The president has made it plain to the raliroad men that he cannot he ex- pected to outline his policy lo lafornal talks with thems and that inferences a8 to his attitude must not be drawn from what he says in these casual talks. When be has made up his mind and is ready to tell the public just what his attitude is on particular questions, and specifically on the raliroad issue, be will do so In a speech or In a mes- sage to congress but some expressions from kis are expected on the mallroad question sbortly, The president is scheduled to make four speeches be tween now and the middie of June and it Is expected he will have some thing to say on the ralirosd question in theses speeches. Mr. Mellan's visit Ix the outcome of a call made to the White House by J. Pierpontl Morgan, the New York finan cler, who came to Washington at the request of many business men to dis cuss the present busicess situation, *iparticulariy as affecting the ralircads. At the UUme Mr. Morgan suggested to the president that it would be greatly In the public Interest If he would see eortain raliroad presidents and confer with them: “as to what steps might be taken to allay the public anxiety, to the relations between the railroads and the government.” The visit of Mr. Mellen followed the conference be had several days agu with Presidents McCrea, Newman and Hughitt of the Pennsylvania, New York Central and Chicago and North westorn raliroads respectively [hese four were the names suggested to Mr. Roosevelt by Mr. Morgan. It is pot knewn at the White House whether Messrs. McCrea, Newman sod Hughitt will visit Mr. Roosevelt. The president will see them If they come So far they have not been beard from President Roosevelt has lately had visits from half a dosen well known financiers and raliroad men, with all of whom he bas discussed various phases of the raliroad sitnation. These include J, Plerpont Morgan, James Speyer of New York, Pre<ident Stick ney of the Chicago Great Wester: rll road, B. F. Yoakum, the chalrmau of the board of ireetors of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific, E 71. Hart) man of the Union Pacific and Charles 8. Mellen of the New York. New Haven and Hartford rallfoad All of these persons have made spwcifie recommendations Incorporating their ideas on the rallroad question a aia Det AY. Fo oh —~ CANE » TELLTALE LOVE LETTERS J. EB. Reessevelt Accused of Making Leave te Siaster-in law, NEW YORK, March 20 John Ellis Roosevelt, the president's cousin, is charged in an affidavit on fle In the supreme court with having writien love letters to bis wife's sister, Mrs. Constant A. Andrews, who Is now an insane patient In the Knolls, a private sanitaripm at Twe Hundred and Sixty- first street and Broadway. Mr. Andrews Is president of the United States Savings bank It Is claimed his wife turned over the let- tars to him She bas an estate worth about $1,000,000, and her husband and Mr. Roosevelt are a committee who Bave charge of the property, It Is charged that Mr. Andrews has at times refused to let the Rousevelis see his wife and that disputes over the proper ty have arisen It is stated in the affidavit that Mr Roosevelt “expressed his amorous sen- tients with such brutal force and passion as to cause Mrs Andrews much alarm.” Letters attributed to Mr. Roosevelt forming a part of the affidavit read Dear Pirdie-Can 1 see you this even. ing? If “Yes'™ at wha! time® Your af- fecllonale brother-in-law, JOHN My Dear Birdise—It must be charming at Btockbridge this perfect weather How 1 wish I were with sou! We would have such Umaes If | could only have my own way. Why should we be so far apart? Mamma arrived. but [miss my sister-in- law, ANectionately, JACK. Mr. Roosevelt deciares that “the dragging in of these letters at this time is Infamous, scandalous and outra: geous. They were written tem years ago and were aatirely innocent” JEWS FLEE TO AUBTRIA. Entire Town of Boteaanhuil In Flames. Hebrews Massacred. VIENNA, March 20 According to a telegram received here from the Aus trian frontier pelice at Iizkan! asd Suczawa, the anti-Jewish outbreak ia Houmania Is assuming serious proper tions. Peasants have attacked and plundered Jews at Burduzhenl, who are feeling over the froutier to Jtaskanl About 2000 fugitives, mostly womea aod children, already bave crossed the Austriag froutier Other reports declare that further serious disturbances have occurred at Botesahul, where the peasants have got fire to the bouses of Jews, and as a re sult almost the entire town Is In games The Hebrew alliance of Vien oa Is preparing to take care of the Rouwmanian fugitives The towns of Itzkani and Suczawa are in Austria about three miles apart, and each is within one mile of the Rou- manian frontier. Burduzben| is about two miles within the Romanian fron- tier line and about three miles from both Itzkan! and Suczaws. Burdus- hen! Is alse ahonut twenty miles te the west of Botosahal. WILKINGON DEAD. Victim of Filoremce Walker's Pistel Shot Succumbe at Mount Kisco. MOUNT KISCO, N. Y.,, March 20.— John Wilkinson, who was shot by Florence Walker at Bedford Btation, died here last night. The girl &s in the county jJall at White Plalos charged with assault. She alleges that Wilkin- son had defamed and annoyed her und that when she shot him it was In sell defense and following an attempted assault upon her. Wilkinson was a Scetchmuan, thirty- five years old, who came here from Glasgow sbout a year agu. Florence Walker 1s twenty-three years old and colored. The two were employed by the same familly at Bedford Station The girl was some time ago committed to the Bedford reformatory from Brooklyn, where she was charged with Raving stabbed another girl She eurn ed a parole and recently was cugaged as = domestic by the fumlly at Bed ford Station. Thuader, Lightning, Hain and Snow. NEW YORK, March 20—A sharp electrical stormn broke over the city last night, and there was a downpour of rain that did more to wash out the sewers in an hour than the 5,000 street cleaners had accomplished all day, The storm rounded out a day of as dis agreeable weather as could well be imagined. The .day opens] with a snowstorm as unexpected to the weath er officials as it was vr relcome lo ev: ery oue, including the taxpayers, near iy $2.000000 of whose woney had al ready been expended in removing the snow, Says Citlsens Fired on Post. SAN ANTONIO, Tex. March 20 The cross examination of Captain Lyon ina the Penrose court martial was the occasion for putnerous tilts, Colonel Gilenn arguing for the defense snd Lieutenant Fitch for the prosecution William Hewitt sald he firmly belle od the citizens of Browndviile had tired on the post, but he did not search for bullet marks at the barracks and had beard of ao such murks beiug found Lamadorf Dend at San Remo, SAN REMO, Italy, March 20 -Count Viadimir Nlcelalevitch Lamsiorff, the former Russian minister of foreigu af faire, did bere at midoight Paul Lamsdorff, 8 uepliew of the decvased stateswan and representing the Lams dor® family, was present at his un cle’s death, Negre Postman Hobbed Malls. BRIDGEPORT, Conn. Manh 2 John . Anthouy. a colored letter car rier of New [laven, was arraigned te tore United Stately Comblssloner Peck in this elty charged with the theft of money from the malls . Abiviek Dies From Opemmtien. HORTON, March 20. Seria EVELYN TO END IT Mrs. Thaw, Last Witness, Will Contradict Abe Hummel VERDICT MAY COME SATURDAY. Strain of Reef Garden Murder Trial Telling on “All Engaged In IU Press Writers In Uonrt Kx- pect a Disagreement. NEW YORK, March 20 At a con ference of counsel for Harry K Thaw it was decided to pul Evelyn Nesbit Thaw on the stand to gontradici the testimony of Abe Hummel Thaw's lawyers believe that the young wife will be alle to explain away the effect the seeming contradic tions In the affidavit preduced by Hum- mel bas had upos the public mind snd unaturaliy upon the jury By prolenging Lis cross examination of one of the seven allenista introduc ed by the defense to testify that Thaw was insane when he killed Stanford White, Jerome wade it Impossible for the defense to finxlly close its case be- fore adjournment was taken There is pending only the watter of the admission of a letter written by Thaw to J. Demmlson Lyon, a Pitts burg banker, which Mr. Delmas sald would help to fix the young man's state of mind before the roof garden tragedy, and the examination of Eve yn Nesbit Thaw briefly to combat the testimony of Abraham Hummel. District Attorney Jeroms hinted that he had another important witness for the prosecution, but it is thought that today will see the en” of all the test mony that is to be Ulerea by either side. An adjournment then will be taken until tomorrow, when Mr. Del: mas will begin Als summing vp. He will have all of Thursday to himself, and Mr. Jerome will reply on Friday. Justice Fitzgerald may charge the jury that evening or he may for the first time Lold court en Saturday in order to conclude the case before the week ends. As an interesting indication of the drift of sentiment at the trial a poll of the newspaper men who have been dally Im attendapce was taken It shows an overwhelming belief that the long drawn out trial now In its ninth week will finally (#ad no farther than a disagreement of the jury. Of the forty or more newspaper writers who have been engiged In the courtrvom since the first day one expressed the belief that there would be a verdict of gulity, two believed the verdict would be not gullty aud all the others look forward to a disagreement. The strain of the trial is fefllug more and more upon all those connected with it as the days drag by. It was gener: ally noted that & number of the jurors appearsd extremely tired snd pale [haw Is Boiding up remarkably well but sald that he, too, was beginning to feel completely tired out He asked permission to retire for five minutes and when he reached the corridor lead- ing to the prisoners peu lighted a cigarette and walked briskly up amd down During the cross examination of one of the experts Thaw's prison guard created much amusement by falling fast asleep In Lis chair. He slumbered on for several minutes, with his chin su his breast, before oue of the court attendants gave him a sharp nudge The guard rubbed his eyes and looked sheepialily about. He steed up during the remainder of the session With the exception of the last few miputes the entire session was given aver to expert testimony. Mr. Jerome oecupled muuy hours with his cross sxamination of Dr. Smith Ely Jelliffe, who sald he believed Thaw had been insane for wore than two years aud a half preceding the homicide Drs. Charles W. Pligrim, Mioas tiregory, Charles G. Waguer and Brit. ton D. Evans answered the prosecu- tion's hypothetical question for Mr ieimas aud gave It as thelr opinlen that Thaw's reason was so defective when he killed White that he did pot know the nature or quality of the act ir that the act was wrong When Dr. Evans, the last of the ex ports, stepped down Mr, Delmas ask od permission to introduce in evidence one of the letters sent on from Pitts burg by Mr. Lyou. Mr. Jerome object ed unless all the letters were admit tex] The polut was still being argued when adjournment wus taken Nine Killesl by Fall of Sehool SAN ANTONIO, Tex, March 20—A special from Torreon, Mexico, says Nine persons, oliht of thems schoo! bildren, were instantly Killed and nny others Injured at Durango, Mex ico, by the collapse of the roof of the public school bullding while the rooms cere crowded with pupils. The dead include one of the teachers apd eight members of her class. Scores are bur ied under the wreckage and debris” Archie Rapidly Hecovering WASHINGTON, March 20 Archie Roosevelt In rapldly recovering from his attack of diphtheria, and Sargeon General Rixey. the president's familly physk lan, states that the quarantine at the White House will be raised the latter part of this week Miss Sewhald Heappointed ALBANY. N.Y, March 20 Govern or Hughes sent today to the senate the reappointment of Niss Catherine A Newbold of Poughkeepsie as & roena gor of the Hudson River State hospi tal at that piace Organ Maker Tonk Lasdanum, ITHACA, N. Y. March 20. -Eugmne Thotmpaen. a well known organ maker Bete fram an overdose of laude. i TENNIS TOURNEY AT BOSTON. Champions Crane and Sands Lead at National Meet BOSTON, March 20 ~The two for mer champions, Joshua Crane, Jr, of this city and Charles E Sands of New | York, having won thelr second matches | here, will next meet each other in the finals of the patiomal court tennis! championship tournament The win-| ner will then play Jay Gould. the pres-| ent title holder, in the challetige match | on Raturday | Both of the second matches were set. | tied in straight sets, Sands defeating! Plerre Lorillard of New York by al state of 6-0, 6 4 6. put out Foxhall P a by the score of 6-3. 6-86 6-3 Lorillard played steadily aud with considerable force, but his floor game! was weak. Sands velleyed well espe | clally en the back hand. In his game! with Keene grane showed consklera bls improvement over his former play | and wade many poluts io the back corner of the service side and also! scored many fine short chasses 2, While Crane | Bawling at %t, Louis ST. LOUIS, March 20--The flight of | the two men teams io the bowling tournament here developed the Lest! bowling of the tournament in that each of the twelve teams scored more! than 1,000 pins. Longo and Ridpath of | Cincinnati rolled the highest single game of the doubles, totaling 440. Fol lowing are the highest scores in the fmal flight of twelve two-men teams: B. Tochirrott and C. Fauldaber, Tole de, 1.163; A. Btebno and C Hlava, Chi cago, 1.188; J. Thren, Jr. asd F. Dud- wig, Toledo, 1,118 Many Surprises at Oakland. SAN FRANCISCO, March 20--The favorites fared badly om the muddy track at Oakland, aod there were sev eral surprises. Jack Kercheval a 13 to nose in the second race, while Lazelle, another ontsider, finished lu front of Confessor, favorite for the third race Parisian Medel NEW ORLEANS, March 20 Pari sian Mode! was relurned the winuer in the Arst race at the Falr grounds When the stretch was reached she came through with a rush and won by two lengths over Donna H Halbard, at 100 to 1. wou the fourth Ben Streng Defeatdd at Onkilawn. HOT SPRINGS, Ark, March 20 - The surprise of the card at Oaklawn waa the Jefeat of Ben Birmug, the 2 to 5 favorite, In the five furlong po event. He led to the stretch tumn Flower caught him Ise when Au Chimneysweep at LOS ANGELES, Cal, usieg heel aud whip Jockey I'reston managed to land Chimneypweep in frent in the fourth race at Asoo! I'res ton plioted three winners Ascot March 20 Ry May Strike on Harrim CLEVELAND, O cordlug to reports here cetiug of the executive board of the luterna tional Brotherhood of Bollermukers and Iron Shipbuilders was held in this city, and as a result a strike may Le order ed within twenty-four bLours oa all raliroads controlled by E H. Harr. man and bis associates. Mr Harriman, it is sald, has Leen given twenty four hours to agree to the demands made on the (bicugo and Alton road by the Lellermakers. sv Limes, Manh 20 ref go Ac 1 =n General Moore Dead at Capital. WASHINGTON. March 20. Briga: dier Genernl John Moore, U.S. A, re tired, former surgeon geueral of the army, dled lu Wasblugton, aged eighty ode years. General Moore was a pa tive of Indians. He was bLrevetfed ifeutemant colonel io the regular estab lishment in 1564 fer gallant and wert torfous service during the Jjtianta campaign and was bLrevetted colonel in 1868 for meritorious service. Burial will be at Arlington Because Futher Married Again. ST. LOUIS, March 20-Dr. Julius Welusiwrg, a well known physician, Is lying in a serious condition at a hospl tul as the result of belug shot four times by bis sou Oscar, aged eighteen years. The boy, who Is under arrest sald he had only recently learned that his own mother died at his birth amd the present wife of Dr Welusherg 1s his stepmother. This caused estrange went and culmulneted In the shooting Chicago Bars Theater Nulaance CHICAGO, March 20 —Mavor Dunne has signed the antitheater sesiplng or dinance passed by the city council aud t goes lhuto effect at once [he ord! napcy wskes it a mises to sell i thicket to nny theater at any place oth er than the hox office or for any price ther than that printed on the face of the ticket ennor Momntaguinl (alled 10 Rome ROME, March 20 Mgr Mouotugnin! the foruer secretary of the papal nun ¢lature at Faris, who was expelled from the French capital last Decein ber, Las been callad Rome from Switzerland aud hind gthy confer snoe with Cardinal Merry del Val to den Tedvosodeicn Lengue Wins AN ELMIRA, N © March 20 In the village election nt Elmira Height the eutire Independeuce league ticket was elected over the Hepublican Deruocrat jo fusion ticket Ihe result was a sur prise It was decided hy eighty six votes to retain soling machines California (ty Inundnated SACRAMENTO. Cal, March 20.--A telephonic wessage from Marysville says the water has broken over ibe fever and that the satire city ls being flooded. The water Is sald be run ing through the portion of Child Is Reported Safe. Chief of Police Wagner Confident Bey Will Be Father's Arms Be- fore Many Hoeure-Hiddes in Saburbe. ERIE Pa, March 20 Great excite Jr Horace was io this city sud the four | yearwid soa of Dr i of Dover, Del, safe. Private detectives from Buffalo and A PF Howard who It was | malad, represeuied the holders of the kidnaped boy and that be demanded an indemnity bond before producing the child Mr. Howard sald that the boy Is In Dr. Horace Marvin arrived in the city to claim him, It was reported, hewever, on good authority that the police were on their way to a boarding heuse where a man and woman who had cowe to the city with the Marviu boy were stopplag un- der an assumed name Chief of Police Waguer sald that be was cenfident the boy would be in his father's care before long It was ascertained that the family of the boy had bLeea cemmunicated with by telephone and a representative of Dr. Marvin ls now on the way to this city The report says that Horace Marvin's capture is merely the question of a few heurs. The case has been turued over te the district attorney's oflice and the local police have been notified to cease work iu the matter A report from am isolated section outside the city says the boy has been found, but no ceonfirmatien Is availa ble It Is said that several*detectives have found & clew to the boy's whereabouts and thal a number of officers have left Erie ln carriages for a pulut located three miles outside the city Assaulted Mather nnd Killed Babe, CARTERSVILLE, Ga. March 20 Mrs Jamas Tolbert, wife of former Mayor Tolbert of Falrmout, was bru tally assaulted and ber two months old ehild was murdered by a negro at thelr home thers. The negro, who en tered the house when Mrs Tolbert was alone with ber child, demanded $50. Being refused, he sald be must have the money or her life. Then be gan a struggle, during which he fol iowed her from room to recom until she escaped and ran to her busband's store, some distance away. When she returned with a party the baby was found dead, and the negro was miss ing. A posse Immediately started In pursuit, Fromise Nicaraguas Seldiers Loet. PUERTO CORTEZ, Honduras, March 20.—A turn of siuister and widespread significance was given Ww the Central Awerican war by the finding on cap tured Nicaraguan soldiers of proclama tions promising then the loot of the first cities which they can capture ln Honduras and Salvador. This procla mation amounts to a practical declara tion of war by Nicaragua against Sal vador. It shows that the Nicaraguan soldiers are being sent to fight what they Lelleve in a war of veugeance. Sad Death of Yrs. Davidge. NEW YORK, March 20.- Mrs. Mar garet Harold Davidge, for many years known in theatrical circles as Maggie Harold, died suddenly here of heart disease. Her sou, William T. J Da vidge, was arrested Saturday night charged with having shot Rosalie D Wilbert, a trained nurse, and the shock of the young man's trouble Is sald to have aggravated the disease of the heart. Mrs Davildge was the widow of Willlama Davidge, a peted old time Shakespearean actor Rear Admiral Tilley Dead. WASHINGTON, March 20 Rear Admiral Benjamin Tilley, UL 8S N died from an sttack of double pneume nla at League Island, Pa. He was the youngest admiral in the American Da vy, having attained that rank only five weeks ago Captain J PP Merrill, at present of the war college at Newport, vill become & rear admiral through the death of Admiral Tilley Scheel Gets BLULOVO ag Gifts, NEWPORT, R 1, March 20 -Two gifts, one of $75,000 and the other of $2,000, to the St. George at Middletown are announced, and steps will at once be taken to form a corpo mtion. The money will be used in the bullding of additional school bulldings Rev. John B. Diliman Is the master of the school. The names of the donors of the gifts are withheld schicol Banker te Answer to 160 Charges CHICAGO, March 20 — Judge Ander son in the fwleral court has decided that John R Walsh, former president of the Chicago Nationa! bank. should appear before him and enter his plea to the 160 counts of the indictment charging him with misapplication of the funds of a national bank Victoria After Emigrants MELBOURNE March 20 ~The Vie torian cabinet has authorized Premier Rent to ge to Rugland to arrange for the transportation of emigrants to the state of Victoria at transportation rates cheaper than what Is pald by emigrants who go out to the United States and Canada, Waather Probablittios. Petr northwest winds. PRICE ONE CENT of Sheer Fabri lone Dress Goods | ist now our attention is devoted Dress Goods. We want our line. They are fresh from the best Hiacks, colors and fancies at prices pol beaten in the citiea Blacks {0 in. Panama, every thread wool, ale, is oc. 58 In FLI2Y. 66 in ns 16 in. Voile, 75e, $1.00 and $1.25 Ihe above prices are exactly as gold in the Scranton store, and you cannot beat them In the larger cities. Direct Importation makes thess prices possible Colors Wash Checks at Ge, 10¢, 18%e, 16a, 25¢, 43c, Sle, and Tie, Double fold fancies 1b¢, 23e, We, 15¢c, $1.00 and $1.25, Come In and look around. Buying Is optional. Snaps for This Week $200, $225 and $250 Walsts, long or short siegves, open froat or back. Special at 315K $1.26 and $1.60 kinds, special at Me 15¢ India Linen, Special 12}e {6 in. Persian Lawn, 18¢. Persian or French Lawn, 88¢ Pertlan or French Lawn Biiie Persian or French Lawn, Sle. Persian or French Lawn, 88a. Table Linen (mercerized) B9e. principally to fou to see ooms in Panama, every thread wool, Panama, Panama, every thread wool, i8 in i% in 45 in {5 in 50c portation, 25¢. 10 In. Costume Linen, round thread, our own Import impg , 40 In, Costume Lir . our own Import mpi 1tS opening {6 in. Costume Linen, round thread: our own Import importations, Sie. 46 in. Costume Linen, round thread, extra fine, Toe. : Sheer White Fancies New Embroidered Swisses. Mercerized Swisses, Mercerized Satin Barred Batistes. New Checked creations In several prices. Our values are exceedingly hard beat, New Additions Just Received Neckwear, belts, bags, medallions, over laces, chemlisettes, lace sets gloves, etc. ' Arnold’s Fabrics We are showing a pretty line of these famous materials this season. Not a single old price [a the lot atin - aT - Talmadge Block, Elmer Avenue. Valley Phone 0SBORN’S LIVERY Heavy and Light Drayiag and Moving. in any part of Sayre, Athens Waverly, and all kinds of team attended to promptly Livery tached 207 N. Lehigh Ave, Valley Phone N R. H. DRISLANE, Contractor and Bullder. Plans and Estimates Furnished £10 Miller St Sayre, Ph Valley Phone 116y. Alex D. Stevens, Insurance and Real Estala Loans Negotiated, Insurcnce W Houses Rented, Rents Collect ed, Taxes Pald. Room 7, Elmer Bleck, Lockhart St Sayre, Pa J. C, PECKALLY Employment agency. Laborers and Foremen furnished In any quantity en short notice. No commission Bell phone 138. Elisabeth Street. Waverly, X. Y.
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