VOL. XV. NO 201 SHENANDOAH. PA.. TUESDAY. AUGUST 22. 1899. ONE CENT Sold Rot Cash or J. P. Williams & Son, 13 S. IVIaln St., Shenandoah, Pa. SSJSO'HARA'S F-OR m LIVERY OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. TELEPHONE CONNECTIONS. Cor. Lloyd and White Sts., SHENANDOAH and The Latest ! New Arrivals ! Always at the Lowest Prices ! A real bargain in a striped 31-4 inch all silk Taffeta Ribbon, at 14 cents per yard. Worth 25 cents. Cyrano Bead Chains, Hair Pompadour, Empire and Side .vCombs. The "Very latest designs. rins. Morgan's Fancy Bazar, 23 North Mam st. nil QTOVP Ca 1 1 and See Them. Glass Lemon Juice Extractors. Jelly Glasses. Fruit Jars. Parafine Wax for Your Jellies. Sealing Wax and Strings. Swalm's . Hardware . Store. SHOES ! SHOES ! SHOES I FOR EVERY I1AN, Styles to please you all. Our prices are a feature in itself. Quality, durability and service included. We would suggest that you visit us first before going elsewhere, for we can satisfy your desires. It will not only save you much trouble your purse. Seeing is believing, so come and be convinced. DON'T FORfJET US WHEN IN NEED OF HATS AND OENT'S FURNISHINGS. WE ARE NOW dlVlNd SPECIALS IN SILK FRONT SHIRTS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. TH NEW STORE, 33 North Main Street. Watson Building. HARRY L.EVIT, Prpp. New Carpets. ew Oil Cloths. New Linoleum, A full line of new spring1 styles In- Tapestry, , Velvet and Body Brussels INGRAINS. New Styles, Extra Qualities. At McPhail Pianos. For 60 years made on honor Sold on merit. Strictly High Grade. -AND OTHUR MAKES. loasod on Time. FURNITURE AND MUSIC STORE. AND flaln Street, MAHANOY CITY. Latest In Ooblnct Brooches, Horse Shoe Hair TeSf stock Collars Linen Collars The Neatest and Best WOflAN AND CHILD.-- and inconvenience, but will benefit RAG CARPET. All Kinds and Prices. KEITER'S THOSE BAY WINDOWS. Their lirectlnn nt the Htrnlni llutlnlnR May Cause I.tilf-atlon, A, II. Swalm, tlio North Main strcot hard ware merchant, parly yesterday mornliiz set a number of carpenters anil tinuore nt work erecting two lmy or buU windows on tho second story of his business property on that thnroiighraro. and they are now completed. Thoso aro tho windows Sir. Swalm undertook to erect some time ago, and which ho aban doned under objections made by neighboring property owners. Since then tho Unroiigh Council passed an ordinanco permlttlnit tho erection of such windows under certain pro- vis.ons. 1 lio ordinanco is now iu lull rone and under its protection Mr, Swalm erected tho windows. A question that Is now uppermost in that neighborhood Is whethor the windows will bo permitted to remain In tho orent of a suit against Air. Bwalm. T. K. Ilcddall, Ksq , who represents tho niijcctors, stated this morning that an equity suit would bo shortly Instituted against Mr. Swalm, to compel uini to removo the wlndowi. Borough Solicitor Burke, when questioned stated s "Tho Borough Council enacted a bay winuow ordinance that will stand tho test." When asked whether bo had been emnlovcd as Mr. Swalm's legal advisor ho said ! "Yes. Mr. Swalm consulted with mo before the erection of tho windows was begun." Many nro Interested to know what the court will do with tho window ordinanco whou it comes before them. Tho Hub's New Mnvo. Tho "Hub," tho now department store re cently op nod in tho Franoy building, cor ner of Main and Lloyd streets, Is constantly adding many Improvements and depart ments to meet tho wants of tho steadily in creasing trade. To-day tho china and tin ware department, which occupied tho entiro north side of tho building, was removed to the basemont. Tho mirrors which will bo fastenod on tho largo iron pillars and other places about tho storo, when completed will rescmblo a crystal mazo. The dry goods de partment will bo increased to doublo Its size at present. Several more departments will be added and when the storo Is complete in all Its details it will bo a miniature. Wana makor enterprise. Farewell Party A farewell party was given lat ovenlnc at the residence of Charles Parrish. in honor of the dasgbtor of Mrs. Arthur Ward, who lort to-day for her homo in Jorsey City. During tho evening luncheon was served. Those prcsont were Misses Mary Maher, Mabel and Grace. Hess, Laura Flock, Vera Uoopor, Ida Martin, Lulu Johnson, Ray Lathlaen, Ethel Ward, Pearl Frantz, Einma Frantz, Alico Maher. Maud Parrish. Jennie Sneddon, Floreucoand Hattlo I'arrish, Mrs. A, Ward, Charlie, Winflcld, Frank and Richard Ward, Howard Hoss, Heber Cooper, Harry Johnson. Gcorgo Abriatis. Clarence Sneddon. The I'loulo at Lost ureek. After much preparation and arduous labor on tho part of tho various committees arrangements aro now complote for the picnic for tlio benefit of St. Mary Magdaleno' church, at Lost Creek, which will be held In Brown's grovo, noxt Saturday and Monday. Tho festivities will begin with a parade by the T. A. B. societies from Shenandoah, Uirardvillo, Mahanoy Piano, Mt. Carmel. Shamokln and Ashland. Several bands will also participate. Tho star event will bo a sweep-stako pigeon shooting match for whioh their aro numerous entries. New Money Ortlers. Beginning September 15th. a new form of post olllco money order will bo brought Into use at the local post otlico. It will be a great improvement on tho one now being issued. Tho principal change will bo In the elving of a receipt with each order. Tho receipt will be exact fao similo of tho original order when it Is filled out. This method will provent mistakes and at tho same time will be con elusive proof that such an ordor was issued. If the order Is lost iu transmission this re- ceipt will be redeemed by tho olllco after reasonable time has elapsed. Wedding Announcements. Invitations have just been issued for tho wedding of Miss Sarah Keid Stein, daughter of Mine Inspector William Stein, and Dr, Georgo M. Dill, which will tako place at high noon In the First Presbyterian church, oi town, on Tuesday, September Sth, A Shenauilonh Itecrult. Frank E. Mekalcck, of Shenandoah, was accepted at the recruiting olllco at Hazteton on Saturday. Two others were rejected The officers aro busily engaged in closing up tno alialrs of the olllco. Mr. Opp at Allautlo City. Elmer Opp, who is now chef at the Hotel Allen, at Atlantic City, arrived in Mahanoy City on Saturday, and will spend a few days with old cronies In that town and Shenan doah. Mr. Opp at ouo time presided over the cuisine at tho Hotel Ferguson. Failed to Sleet. The lamp and watch committee of tbo Borough Council, having In charge the investigation in reference to the recent raids made on houses of 111 repute, failed to meet last evening, and another meeting kas boen called for to-night. Tho members of the committee say they will Insist on a full Investigation. Held In Hall. Mrs. Branislaw Lapiua was placed under JJUO ball by Justlco Shoemaker last evening She is charged with keeping a portion of the personal property of Frank Stanlk, who noarqeu witD tno attendant. Teachers Not Assigned. Tho School Unftttt nf Wfisf. Maliannir intvn shin failed tn assign tbn tpni1iara n respective Schools last Atrnnlllfr. Tlin tna ponemeut was due to a quorum of tho Diroc- . r " ' ' . . ion ituuug to ue present. Illflf Attendants. ExaCtlv 1.012 DOrsOIlS from TCpadlnir tnnlr advantaco of the r.liAan hIa .mulnv nvi.ii-- Bion to Atlantic City over tho P. & It. railway last Bunoay. This was the largest crowd known to attend such excursions from one town or city. Grand Army Day, Grand Arnw Tiv nf l,n t1,i1. v0h 1 I I.IIV Association will bo celebrated at Slatlngto on uctober Utu. invitations to tho Posts throughout this vicinity hayo been received Discharged as a Ilaukrupt. Among those discharged as bankrupts by Judge McPbersou, In the United States District Uourt at Philadelphia, yesterday. ....... TT 1 t I . .. .. ... ' wm xjurns cuer, oi I'oiisvilie. Injured at Tunnel lildira. Domlnlck Cooza, residing at Mahanoy City, was badly squeezed by a fall of coal last evening ai mo Tunnel Hldgo colliery, uia injuries ure not serious. Denial. Mrs. West denies the report that Mary Mahulskl was an inmate of bor houso. Tho girl Is now confined in tho county jail as a result oi tue recent raids In town. OKTHEBRIW Of WAR I Tho Boer Presidont Has Eofused to Submit to England's Demands, A CRISIS IS HEAR AT HAND. Tho I.oriu Mmiillnir mirbrotico lie- twoon tlio South AlVlcmi Itopubtto nml Qront llrltntn Mny llo Settled by l'oroo of Afint Very Soon. London, Aug. 22. Thoro Is no longer nny doubt that President Kruser has rofusexl to submit to tho demand of Mr. Chamberlain for the appointment of a court of Inquiry. Ho mny have dono bo diplomatically or liedglngly, but thnt Ills unswer la regarded by the British government as tantamount to a posi tive refusal Is now nn established fact. Tho report that President Krugor has proposed now terms Is somewhat veri fied by tho guarded comment of the colonial olllco officials and tho Irrita bility displayed there. Thoro Is not tho slightest doubt that they bellevo war is now the only way to settle tho con troversy. They would far rather had a curt, defiant answer than tho tempor izing reply which tho Uoor president has sent. With the formor Great Britain would have plain grounds for a quick com mencement of hostilities Under tho circumstance which It Is believed now exist nggresslvo action needs consider able explanation to Justify It In the eyes of the world and tho English mi nority who st III dcclaro that war would he an outrage. However, If Mr. Cham- berlnln has his way, it Is believed President Kruger's counter proposals will meet with scant nttentlon, and un less the Boers completely back down, which Is not llkoly, tho crlsU will quickly develop Into war. Tlio colonial olllco lias been aware ot the nature of the Transvaal's reply for some days, hence it Is probable that Great Britain will delay the denounce ment as little as possible. A Men colonial official says: "Tho kind of game which Kruger Is playing must be clear to Americans. Tho pro testations of tho Boers that they wish to llvo a qulot, agricultural llfo may be tho tuno of some on tho Veldt, hut tho gang In Pretoria Is simply after money. Though President Kruger says many harsh things of the Outlanders, ho never hesitated to mako money out ot them, either by fair or foul means. This Transvaal question cannot bo Judged by recent occurrences. You must go dock uu years, it nas ueon nanging fire all that time, and tho sooner It Is settled now tho bettor." The government Is somewhat an noyed at the public's slight Interest In tho Transvaal. The official above quoted said that Dreyfus seemed to bo the only thing the people think about, though England Is in n most serious crisis, A special dispatch from Capo Town says there Is great danger of an out break of violence on the frontier, and that the scum of South Africa nro en listing throughout the colony nnd aro being sent to Pltsanl and Jameson, on. (he border. Hunnay was ooservea tnrougnout mo Orange Free States and Capo Colony with humiliation, prayer and sermons advocating a peaceful solution of tho crisis. Mr. Snytler, a leading Dutch Re form preacher here, referred to tho close ties uniting tho capo Dutch tq those of the Transvaal. If war was de clared, he asserted, Great Britain would commit a heinous crime before God and man. resulting In civil war In Capo Colony." Thero Is evidence of growing tin easiness at Johannesburg. Great crowds gather at tho railroad station, expres sing disapproval at the departures for Capo Colony and Durban, Natal, l'lculc Needs Can bo obtained at Bauser's moat market, Cherry and Chestnut streets. Choice smoked meats, bolognas of all kinds and tho best of fresh meats. if Coal rtrealcor Destroyed by Fire. Scranton, Pa., Aug. 22. Mount Look out breaker at Wyoming, operated by the Temple Iron and Coal company, was burned yesterday. The origin of the Are Is unknown. The breaker was one of the largest In the valley, and It and the mine together employed sev eral hundred men and boys. - 11 t riEKCUAM's Pills No equal for Constipa tiou. Court Home Notes. Tho District Attorney is sending out subpoenas to constables to be served on wit nesses for appearance at next term of court. Judge Henning yesterday dissolved tho temporary Injunction Iu tho caso of Uartwig vs. Farley, of Tainaqua, a dispute over a dividing line. Testimony was concluded yesterday In tho Cass township School Board caso, tho hearing being held before Commissioner Joseph F, Patterson, Tho case Is set for trial before Judgo D, C. Henning next Saturday morning at 10 o'clock, in court room No. 1. Buy Soyal Patent Flor. It U the best In (he market. Justices to Meet. Tho magistrates and constables of Schuyl kill county will hold an Important meeting In Mahanoy City at two o'clock next Monday afternoon. Nearly every Constable and Jus tice of tho Peaco within t'tP county will attend, Among the business to bo trans acted will be the selection of a delegate to represent the association at tbo state conven. tion to bo held at Altoona about tho middle of Septembor. AV4l Baking wV. Mokes the food more Boru Biwa BANG UP TIME. A Tonne Man's KTprrlrnco In First Ward Baloon on Saturday. Joo Kllms, is tlio proprietor of n mloon on Bast Centro street, in the First ward. On Saturday night Anthony Vialeskl and John Bcrnstonis tutored the place and participated in a gamo of cards for money, ViatesV), who lost tho gamo, tendered a H.00 bill for payment. Ho recclvod 38 cent change from Ilernatonls, When a request for tho proper change was mado Vialeskl's bead was pushed through the window nauo In thn door of the saloon, llo left tho place ahd returned a few moments later with a friend. He tendered a f5 bill for payment for drinks and was given but 36 cents in chance, tho re mainder given to Ilernatonls. As soon as n request was mado for his cbango he was soizeil and ejected from tho place. V laleskl at once entered suit before Justice .Shoemaker charging tho proprietor. Joo Kllms, with asmutt and battery, larceny and selling Intoxicating drinks to minora. Tho prosecutor testified that ho was not 20 years of ago. The aalooiikeeuer denied the statements and said Vlaleski was drunk when ho entered his placo and that he did not sell him any drink. At tho, conclusion of tho hearing both Kllms and Bornatonts wore each held In f 100 ball. J PHILIPPINE SOVEREIGNTY. rrofosaor Solmrinnti Spoitlc of Fnturo uovorninout or lsiniui-.. Manila, Aug. 22. While a reconnoit- orlng party If the Twenty-fourth in fantry, under Cnntaln fnnn wim r.rosa- lng tlie'Marlquliia river on a raft yes terday, tho hawsor broke. Tho curront, very swift nt that point, caused tho raft to capsizo, drowning nlno enlisted men. The United Stntos transport Tar tar, from San Francisco Julv 24 with Goncial Joseph Wheeler nnd his daugh ter, troops of tho Nineteonth infantry and more than $1,3000,000 in coin, has arrived. Notice. School will open Monday, August 2Sth. 1899. Tickets of admission will bo Issued from tho Superintendent's ofilce on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week, botwoen two and four o'clock p.m. Each applicant must present a ccrtifloato of vaccination. Desired changes of pupils should bo requested lefore Friday. Teacher's meeting in High school room at 4 o'clock p. m. on Saturday. AH teachers aro requested to be present. J. W. CoorKE, S-Sl-3t Superintendent. Fire Knumeriitorn for Shenandoah. Dr. A. G. Iteitzel, census supervisor of tho Sevoutb district, will appoint over ISO dis trict enumerators in Schuylkill county. Five enumerators will be appointed in Shen andoah, ono for each ward. They will rc ccivo three cents for each namo. Tho active work of tho enumerators will not begin before Juuo 1st noxt. Thero will also be clerkships for llvo Schuylkill countians in tho olllco of the general supervisor of the census at Wash ington. See tho bridgo mado of tho best silver polish In tho world In Brumm's window. tf The IColtlnc Mills Sold. Yesterday Thomas II. Itlekert and ex- Senator Charles F. King, of Pottaville, closed a deal by which tbey becamo owners of tbo Schuylkill Haven rolling mills and tho North Branch mill at Danville. Tho amount paid Is said to bo about $200,000. They will be put in operation in about two weeks. The mill was tho pioperty of William Weisinger, Mrs. Kaercher and tho Rahn estate and has been idle since May, 1893, when it closed down because of the dullness of tho iron trado. Extensive improvements will bo made and tbo capacity increased to 000 tons a month, giving employment to about eighty men. Tho luxuries of a trip to the Seashore during tho heated month of August can bo fully realized at a minimum cost by taking the Pennsylvania Kailroad Excursion Thurs day August 24th. At)ant(o City Is tho most accessible point as it can be reached without transfer through Philadelphia by purchasing tickets via the Delaware Blver Bridgo Bouto, tho only all rail line from points in Pcuna. Tribune" Judgments, In accordance with a resolution passed at a meeting of tho board of directors of the Pottsvlllo Publishing Company, one tlmo publishers of tbo late Tribune, the presidont of the said corporation was authorized to confess judgments for all sums due by said corporation. Tho principal creditors were named as follows : C. Claude Brumm, (125; Walter Wertley, 191 35, and W. J. Whlte houso, as trustee for a large number of smaller creditors, $911.67. The judgments aro signed by A. H. Long, president, aud Hiram, JJoyer, secretary, llallroaded Hut One Ilonr, Claud Lebo, of Tamaqua, left that town Sunday on his initial trip as a P. i It. brake man, and one hour afterwards was found near tbo Mahanoy tunnel with a deep gash In his head. He was removed to the hospital, where it was found his skull was fractured. Ho will recover. Ten-Day Excursion to Ocean Grove, As bury Park, or Long llraneh via Pennsylvania Itallroad. On Wednesday, August 23, train leavos Shenandoah at 8:05 a. m. Only (3.75 round trip. Car Passed Over Illm. Henry Howett, living at Boston Hun. and employed as a driver boy at tho Boar Bun colliery, had a miraculous escape from death this morning. He slipped and fell under a loaded oar, the wheels pasting over his body. Not a bone was broken, although ho was bruised from bead to foot. Dr. Stein, of town, wag In attendance. FK1IK LTJNCUIW TO-NIGHT, bickebt's. Vcgetablo soup to-night. Special lunch to morrow morning, C11A8. ItADZIEWICZ'S. Bean soup will bo served, free, to all pa trons to-night. Powder delicious and wholesome POwofR co rw vork. HEPUBltlGflH Philadelphia Republican Ticket Nomi nated Without the Slightest Friction. AS&IDCE COMING TO THE FRONT The Hew Mayor of tho Quaker Cltr Shows Force of Character In Politics and tn tbe Performance of Bis Offlco Duties. Special 'TorraqiotMlAtive- rhlladelphla.'Aug. 2x. The Republi can county conventions wero hold in ths city today, and they carried out the harmony program to tho letter. 'Vencel Hartman was nominated for KherlfT,, Thomas Dugan for coroner, Wlldcmore and Hugh Black for coun ty commissioners and Judges S. W. Ponnypackor and M. J. McCarthy wero named to succeed themselves. Tho lat ter Is a Domocrat, nnd nn appointee of Governor Hastings. Both judges Will be named by tho Democralie con vention, so that thoro will bo no con tests over tho Judiciary at tho Novem ber olectlon. There will, however, bo no real struggle over any placo on tho ticket. Every man in it will bo elect ed by a big majority. Thero will bo no factional opposition to any ono of them and all elements of tho party will unlto In working for a largo voto at tho olectlon. Tho selection of tho candi dates was mado after many confer- Niccs of tho leaders of tho contending factions with Mnyor Ashbrldgo, who has labored unceasingly to bring about harmony in tho party organization in this city. Ho has succeeded In a re markable degree. Tho prospective nomination of Lieutenant Colonol Bar- nott for state treasurer Is well ro- colvod In this city. A number of tho young soldiers of tho Spanish-American war, who volunteored from this city, have gone to Harrisburg to work and cheer for Barnott. Among them are the nctlve spirits In tho movement for the organization of tho proposed "Barnett battalion," which is to bo formed after tho adjournment of tho stato convention and to tako part in the campaign. ASHBItlDGE MAKING A RECORD. Ashbrldge Is going to mako n record for himself as mayor of this city. Ho has already Impressed his personality upon the community by his independ ence anu nis buslnessllko way of going about things. Ho will not permit hlm- sou to bo nictated to by tho so-called Republican newspapers that never And anything good In anything that any official does, unless he is of the David Martin faction in local politics. Now the mayor wants It known that ho represents no faction of tho Republi can party and that ho proposes to con duct his offlco for tho beat interests of tho people. Ho has consequently mado himsoK a mark for tho assaults of tho insurgonts, and he Is being misrepre sented dally by tho same newspapers that go out of their way to attack Gov ernor Stono, and when they cannot Dnd anything In his official acts to criti cize, they assail hlra personally. Mayor Ashbrldgo has served notice on the editors of certain papers that if thoy go ono Inch beyond tho line of proper and legltmato criticism ho will proceed against them In the criminal courts. "I am not thin skinned." remarked tho mayor a few days ago, "but there is a umu to wnat l will stand. I do not propose to be. bulldozed Into doing What I do not think Is right, and when I conclude upon a policy I shall carry u out, aespuo tnosa newspaper attacks, tho political charactor of which tho people aro fully familiar with." PENNSYLVANIA FIRSTIN CHARITY The new mayor Is a worker as well as a fighter. Ho showed this in tho mastorly maner in which he responded to tno can of tno secretary of war for supplies for the stricken peoplo of Porto uico. e at onco put the full force of his administration to work to have. Philadelphia make a prompt and gon erous response to the appeal for aid. He remained at his office until after midnight while, this work was under way, coreapondlng with tho offlcials of the war and navy departments and on llstlng the assistance of leading and public spirited citizens of tbe city and etoto. The arrival of tho Panther, tho transport sent by tho national govern ment to this city to take tho supplies to tho strickon poople, found the warves filled with provisions ready to be loaded on board and shipped with out delay. Mayor Ashbrldge at onco got in touch with Governor Stone and goon had the supplies so kindly ship ped by tho residents of Interior towna of Pennsylvania, diverted from New York, where they wore to go under the first notice sent out. and brought direct to this city where they were started off as tho first shipment from the Keystone state. READY FOR THE ENCAMPMENT. Another evidence of the up-to-date methods employed by Mayor Ash brldge Is shown in his management of maters in relation to the coming na tional encampment of the Grand Army Of the Republic. This has Involved an immense amount of work. It has meant the collection of large sums of money to meet tho enormous expense that is being incured in tho public decorations and the proposod entortalnment of dis tinguished visitors. Mayor Ashbrldgo has been In constant communication with tho commltteos ot the Grand Army and has been of inestimablo assistance to them In many ways in carylng out their various plans. Ho will surely size up to all the require ments of the position of mayor during tho encampment next month. He U a fluent and forcible public speaker, and his patriotic addresses have been heard in nearly every school house In this city at flag raisings or similar occa sions. Special Kxcurtlon to Ocean Grove Durln Camp Meeting Week. Pennsylvania Railroad ton-day excursion to Ocean Grove, Asbury Park, or Long urancu, wetinesnay, August S3. Train leases Buenanaoau at Suua . m. Only (3.75 rouud MAX t-EVIT'S. SPECIAL SATURDAY BARGAINS. HiaiiORADB AND PASI110NAULE HATS AT MARKED DOWN PRICES. EVERY HAT IN OUR STORE BE LOW THEIR REAL VALUE. MAX LEVIT UP-TO-DATH HATTER. CORKER MAIN AND CENTRE STREETS. "The Hub." SALE ! -A.t- "THE HUB" ToMorrow. Sale of Opalescent ware. Watch our display in our northwest window. The largest pieces, finest patterns and lowest prices that have ever been of fered the public on these goods. Toilet Bottles. These sizes sold at from 50 cents to 75 cents. Glove Boxes. Brush Trays. Cuff Boxes. OUR PRICE Each. Collar Boxes. Hak'f. Boxes. Jewelry Box. Or 11 piece set for n For a window eliade, or ti 5 for a quarter. Other for 10 cents and upwards. taliades made to fit any window. Coma nnrl ae cut prices on carpets and oil clotlifl. FRICKE'S CARPET STORE, i0 South Jardln Street, S-TRY 0UR-D SWISS AND BRICK CHEESE It is delicious for luncheon. flackerel. Hive and ten cents. A nicer lot at two for twenty-five cents or 16 cents per pound. TIE nor MagargleV 26 EAST CENTRE STREET trip,