STATE NEWS. On June 25 the borough of Bethlehem will celebrate its 250 th anniversary in great style. The P.O. S. of A. Camp at Conyngham has purchased a plot of ground and will erect a hall this summer. The miners around Shenandoah, w here three dayß a week is the working limit, have sent $450 to the ltUßsian Relief Fund. The Pennsy is buying all the coal land it can purchase in the Wyoming region, and on Monday paid $400,000 for a tract at Avoca. The supreme court decided that the Baker ballot law was constitutional, and dismissed the appeals taken by the Pro hibition party. A committee of doctors has been ap pointed to investigate the Danville In sane Asylum, where 1,200 patients are crowded in space needed for 900. The P. O. S. of A. of Lackawanna County has obtained permission from the commissioners to erect a statue to Washington in front of the courthouse at Scranton. A I.ehighton contractor had orders for to budd six new houses, but the parties cancelled them, on account of of the uncertainty of the outcome of the Reading deal. Arrangements are being made for a 5 rand demonstration of lodges of the unior Order United American Mechan ics at Scranton on May 17. It is to cele brate the3oth anniversary of the order. T. F. Quigley, a well known Demo cratic politician of Miners Mills, haß been selected as an aid on the stall of the commander for the parade at Wash ington by the G. A. R. in October next. The Greek priest of Hazleton is hav ing considerable trouble with his congre gation. Three of his parishoners were arrested for tearing down a part of the church property. They don't like the pastor. James O'Brien, who has been in the employ of the Lehigh Valley Railroad sixteen years, has resigned. Tn'fbmpany with Deputy United States Marshall Barring, he will open a detec tive agency in Wilkes-Barre. The annual session of the Grand Castle of Pennsylvania, Knights of the Golden Eagle, will be held at Chambersburg, commencing May 10. It promises to be the largest ever held in the State, as each of the 448 castles will send a representa tive. While cutting timber in a field John Faber, of Tamaqua, was bitten by a cop perhead snake. He was in the act of picking up what he supposed to be a stick when the reptile suddenly coiled itself and bit him. He is in a very crit ical condition. It has been decided by murderer Keek's counsel not to take the case to j the board of pardons. A strict watch is being kept over Keck, as he insists that he will not die on the gallows. His victuals are given to him cut up and he eats with a spoon. An unsuccessful attempt was made to ' resume operations at the Acme Hosiery Mill of White Haven, which has been idle on account of the proprietors failing to secure enough help. The mill em ployes sixty girls, and less than thirty is all they can obtain. Several of the Weatherly shop hands were suspended since the Heading ileal, and the young men are leaving the town to seek work Bomewliere outside of Mcl.eod's domain. The town, however, is procuring new industries and hopes to boom greater than ever this summer. John Darb, of Bethlehem, was throw n from a freight car and two wheels of a heavy gondola passed over his body at the thigh. An ambulance was summon ed, but the surgeon found that besides a few slight bruises there was no injury at all. Sir. Darby then walked down town. A young Polish woman of Shenandoah, named Maria Kishlaw, after sending her husband and hoarders off to work in the mines, packed up and took the morning train for parts unknown, taking witli lier syr>, a number of wateheß and other small sums of money found in the board ers' clothes. Peter Doran, a shoemaker of AUen town, while dancing with Miss Annie Laudenslager at a ball a few nightß ago, kissed her. Annie objected to that manner of Doran's showing his affection, and brought suit against the affectionate shoemaker, and he was obliged to pay her $lO damages. General Gregg formally took charge of the Auditor General's Department yes terday morning. Mr. McC'amant retir ing. The incoming official found every thing in readiness. The affairs of the office were in good condition, and he was soon installed in the private office attending to business. The Plymouth clergymen are trying to have a more rigid enforcement of the laws regulating business on Sunday. A delegation from the Pastors' Union was before the horougli council in regard to Sunday newspaper selling, the blowing on Sunday of the steamboat whistles and the Sunday back door of the saloon. A number of the railroad companies | owned, leased or controlled by the I'hila-! delphia & Reading Railroad Company i held their annual meetings and elected officers on Monday. A. A. McLeod was ] elected president of ten corporations, ] and obtained a directorship or some other high office in half a dozen more. Fully 700 carpenters struck at Scran ton Tuesday morning; 800 stone masonß joined them, and the plasterers quit be cause they were asked to work with non union men. Fifteen hundred men are now idle, and this number will he aug mented by several hundred during the remainder of the week. They want a nine-hour day. When Baby waa sick, we gave her Castorla.' When she was a Child, Bhe cried for Castorla. When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria. When she had Children, the gave them Castorla THE COAL TIIADE. The Effect* " r the Iel a* Viewed by Two Prominent Paper*. The Philadelphia Ledger, which is one of the supporters of McLeod and the Heading combination, pictures a rosy future for all interested in coal. Its predictions look nice on paper, which is about as far as they will (50. The Ledger, however, gives a good view of the deal as seen frcm a monopolistic standpoint ill the following: The anthracite coal trade begins its spring business in better shape than for many years past. Thesurplusaccumula tions of coal in all quarters has been reduced to a minimum, if not disposed of altogether. The weekly output of coal is being strictly confined to the actual market requirements. Prices for this valuable product have been placed upon a stable basis, and at figures that will at least give the producing interest a small profit instead of a loss. Un necessary and unbusinesslike competi tion and wasteful production has ceased. There is no longer need for the coal ope rator to import the pauper labor of Europe. The profits from anthracite mining i will hereafter be made not only by selling the coal at a reasonable advance upon the actual cost of production but by the use of modern economics in its min ing and preparation for market. Any advance in price must bo shared by the colliers, who are paid on a sliding scale that is based upon the actual selling price for the coal. The managers of this great industry—anthracite mining and carrying—promise that hereafter the buyer hundreds of miles away from the mining regions must pay a reasonable price for his coal, and not a leBS price than the citizens of this State and city, who for many years have been bearing the voke patiently. All the coal that can be sold will be mined. The markets will be fully and freely supplied with coal, but there will be no unnecessary production mined to accumulate and be stocked at tidewater and interior points until the surplus is so great that auction sales must be held to dispose of the piles of coal at a loss. Larger cars, stronger motiv 0 power and longer trains arc to be used in transport ing the coal from the breakers to mar ket, and modern labor-saving machinery is to be used in loading and discharging cars and vessels. Double handling of the coal at stocking and shipping points, or carrying the coal from the mines far thest from the point of consumption in competition with that from the mines fifty or more miles nearer, and that, too, over mountainous roads of heavy grade, is to be hereafter avoided. Much good material which formerly, until a few years ago, went into culm banks at the mines is being utilized for steam purposes, enabling the anthracite producers to compete more successfully with bituminous coal, and the culm banks at various places are being worked over to reclaim the good fuel. Many of the expensive selling agencies of the sev eral companies in the Keading-Lehigh Valley-Jersey Central Alliance have been merged, thus avoiding the hereto fore heavy expense of maintaining such agencies and the resulting costly com petition. These are a few of the salient features of the new order of things that has been brought out of the chaos of the anthracite business by President McLeod and must meet the approval of men of sound business judgement, as well as I those where capital has been for years unproductive of income. The total amount of anthracite coal ! sent to market for the week ending I April 23, as reported by the several carrying companies, was 863,734 tons, compared with 649,976 tons in the corres ponding week last year, an increase of 13,758 tons. The total amount of an thracite mined thus far in the year 1892 was 11,260,430 tons, compared with 10,- 301,566 tons for the same period in 1891, an increase of 958,865 tons. llere is how that faithful defender of the people's rights, the New York World, looks upon the subject. The World does not have to bow and cringe before monopoly's throne, and its fight against j the combine since the very beginning is [ in marked contrast to the excuses and apologies for the deal given by the Philadelphia papers. The World says : i President McLeod, of the coal con spiracy, defends the consolidation of the | coal railroads by a plea which he perfectly knows to be disingenuous. lie points out the fact that the consolidation of connecting railroads into Bingle lines ' lias been of benefit to the public, and argues that the consolidation of the coal 1 roads will be similarly beneficial. But the coal roads arc not connecting lines. They are competing lines, ana their consolidation, apart from its illegality, is j a menace to the public, a menace of wrongs already in part inflicted. A little while ago Mr. McLeod was impressive in liis assurances that there j would be no advance in the price of coal. The advance has already been made, and is to he increased. The conspiracy was formed to reduce production and increase price, and it is doing both. It I was intended to cut down the work and | wages of workingmen and to exact an unearned tribute from all consumers, I and it is doing both. | The thing is both lawless and inimical to the public welfare, but the conspiracy is so intrenched in various ways that j til- re seems no prospects of serious or determimed resistance anywhere. The Attorney-General of Pennsylvania has brought one action against it where he ought to have brought half a score. He lias instituted slow chancery proceedings where he ought to have invoked the most summary methods known to the law. The law officers of New Jersey ■ have done nothing where they ought to have done much. Worse still, the conspiracy is in flag rant violation of a United States statute which peremptorily requires the Attor ney-General, through his District-Attor neys, to institute criminal proceedings against the offenders. But the Attorney General has given no orders and the DistricPAttorneys have done nothing. In hrief, a conspiracy against the pub lie, formed in direct violation of the con stitution of one State, the statutes of another and the criminal law of the United States, is premitted without in- I terferencetogoon working out itsscheme of plunder and oppression quite as if its operations were lawful and praiseworthy. What are the reasons? What nar cotic have the conspirators administered to the agents of the law? Since everything in the coal regions, life, labor, capital and the coal trade de pend on Mr. McLeod, let us pray that he uoesn't get the spring fever and go on a six days loaf or the Lord only knows 1 what will'become of US, — Sentinel, PERSONAL. Among the citizens doing jury duty this week are Hugh McGeehan, Adam Sachs, Freeland; Christian Miller, Fos ter, and Robert Boyle, Jeddo. Capt. James Collins has been in town for a few days this week. Miss Thresa Carr, of Wilkes-Barre, is spending a few days here among friemjs. John Shigo, Jr., is in Scranton attend ing the first annual convention of the Catholic Slavonion Union. He is the delegate from St. John's Beneficial Society. Chas. McGill, of Highland, has ac cepted a position with Ferry & Christy. John M Powell, 2d, is on a business trip through the Western States. John Coyle and wife, of Lattimer, were visiting here on Tuesday. George Chestnut made a business trip to Philadelphia on Tuesday. Jacob Falk, of Wilkes-Barre, spent Sunday with his friend, Joe Neuburger. Willie Heiney, of Allentown, has been visiting here this week. Miss Nellie Campbell, of Eckley, spent Saturday with relatives in town. John Muldowney, of Carbondale, spent a few hours here yesterday. Joseph Gallagher, of the Philadelphia I Medical College, is home on his summer vacation. Andrew rfaff, book-keeper for J. P. McDonald, has resigned his position and returned to Philadelphia, where his wife and family reside. Chas. L. Fowler, of the Shamokin Drift office, spent a few days this week with relatives in town. David T. Richards and family have removed to Wyoming, this county. A Plum Pudding in RUMU. Docs any one remember Byron's fa moos plum pudding story? If so, the Nikita plum pudding story may strike them as somewhat of a parallel. When staying at St. Petersburg for Christmas, some English friends of the young singer, thinking to please her and re gardless of the effects on her voice, sent her a monster plum pudding as a sur prise. Imagine her amazement and trepidation when it was announced in every morning paper that a large box, | supposed to contain an infernal ma [ chine, directed to the young singer, had been deposited at the nearest police sta tion. A letter reached her from an authority—there are many authorities about in St. Petersburg—informing her that the police were chary of opening the box, fearing it might be dangerous to their lives, but did she know of any one valiant enough to attempt the deed, the box should be hers. Her impresario undertook to die in the attempt, and on arriving at the police station for that express purpose was somewhat relieved to find the huge pack age reposing quietly enough in a tank of water. Now came the moment for the untying of the Gordian knot, and there reposed, wrapped in linen within an earth enware bowl, the pudding dearest to the heart of Englishmen on the 25th of De cember as every year comes aronnd. The police still refused to be satisfied, and insisted that the terrible thing ; might shroud a mysterious bomb. After a vast amount of probing and pronging, the pudding was at length conveyed to its destination, and both it and the joke were heartily enjoyed by the Nikita party. —Gentlewoman. A British Officer's Invention. Captain Wilson, R. N., of the torpedo instruction ship Vernon, has invented an applianco for cutting through the tor pedo nets with which modern warships protect themselves from torpedo attacks. The experiments already made prove to the fullest extent the tremendous power of the new invention, which has fully realized all its originator claimed for it. The inventor of the torpedo net ridiculed the idea of any instrument being able to cut through his tough steel wire net ting. But the trial just made has proved the emptiness of his boast. * The great momentum of the White j head torpedo, armed with Captain Wil ' son's new torpedo cutters, enabled it to cut its way through any torpedo net, even when the latter was set an angle of 45 degs., without apparent retardation of its flight. The cutter consists of blades arranged scissor fashion, which sever the wire meshes of the net, mak ing an aperture sufficient for the en trance of the torpedo.—Electricity. A Unique Theater. A stock company in Vienna is abont to begin building a unique theater in one of the recently annexed districts. The cost is to be $250,000 or SBOO,OOO. The roof is to be a great rolling iron cur tain, after the style of iron curtains now used before shop windows, and on hot summer nights it is to be drawn aside so that the audience may be refreshed. With that arrangement the company expects to be able to carry ont its plan to give a performance every evening in the year, or 422 performances annually, including matinees. The theater will accommodate 8,000 persons, and the highest price for a place outsido of the boxes is to be only forty cents, although the heaviest classical plays and the works of the best modern dramatists are to be produced on ite stage.—Archi tecture and Building. A Rubber Pavement. When I was in Germany a few years ago I was shown a street pavement that had been laid which was made of rub ber. It waa almost noiseless, and somo went so far as to say that if it proved successful otherwise it would do away with vehicle springs. The ODly objec tion made to the pavement was that it was feared it would be affected by the change of temperature. I saw a man the other day who had recently arrived from Germany, and he told me the pave mont of which I have spoken has proved to be a complete snccess. That it is not changed by cold or hot weather, and that it wears well even under the heaviest teaming.—lnterview in Chicago Tribune. IHIIFTON ITEMS. Two ladies and the driver of a rig who were on their way home to Andenried, on Sunday evening, were left sitting on the roadside badly frightened and crying bitterly, although they were not hurt they had a narrow escape. They collid ed with another carriage going to Free land, completely smashing their own. The driver went to Freeland where he Erocured another rig and started for ome swearing vengeance. David Lloyd, of No. 2, contemplates moving to Freeland this week. Mrs. Henry Miller paid a visit to friends in Weatherly on Monday. Andrew O'Donnell is suffering from a severe attack of the measels. John Kelley left here and went to Wilkes-Barre, where he has secured work. Harry Davis, who left here a short time ago to work for the Standard Oil Com pany, in i'hiladelphia, resigned his posi tion there. He has accepted a position on the D. S. & S. Patrick McElwee and Thomas Gould, miners in No. 2 slope, had a narrow escape from death on Monday. William Gillespie is taking advantage of leap year and in a few weeks will try his fortune in married life. Many young men of this place could follow suit and not hurt their growth any. JKDIIO NEWS. Miss Mary Dugan left here last week for Bristol, where she intends to make her future home. Miss Kate Harkins was here visiting, She has returned to Hazleton. Miss Ellie Mulligan, formerly of Hazleton, hut now of Philadelphia, is visiting friends. Patrick Marley, of Silver Brook, was here visiting on Sunday. There must be an attraction for some of our young men in Freeland. They get there pretty often. This place was somewhat livelier on Thursday than usual. A Hungarian wedding was the cause. Beer was plenty on every side and all enjoved themselves. The Slavonian Cornet Band of Freeland serenaded the young couple in the evening. Miner., Keep Away From Idalio. BURKE, Idaho, April 29. EDITOR TRIBUNE Believing that it would interest the miners of the East to hear something from this part of the country I send to you a brief account of the troubles now existing between the mine ownerß and the Miners' Union of this State. The mine owners about one year ago banded themselves together to crush tlie union. They took an oath to do this and tried in every way to accom plish their intentions. But up to date theyhave not succeeded, and I don't think they will. On January 15 they closed down the mines, about 100 in number, which threw over 10,000 men out of work. They claimed they could not afford to work the mines, aB freight rates were too high and the price of lead and silver too low. This was only a scheme to break up the union. On March 1 they caine to the men, saying they had a settlement from the railroad companies and had adopted a scale of $3.00 a day for carmen and shovelers, ten hours a day. Now the scale of the Miners' Union Jemands that "every man or boy who goes under ground shall receive $3.50 per day for ten hours work, and the same amount for nine hours night work." The men re fused to accept the terms of the mine owners, nnd the strike is still on. I hope that no miners from around Freeland will be induced to come here until the trouble is settled. The mine owners are stubborn and the union is strong, so your readers can see that it will be a long fight. It may take months, or even years, hut the union intends to win if it takes forever. This is a poor country to come to at present, as the strike extends throughout nearly the whole State of Idaho. Hoping that no scabs or blacklegs will be shipped here from my native town, I remain, yours truly, JOHN H. SHOVI.IN. Sum Boyd'B Latent. Samuel W. Boyd, editor of the Wilkes- Barre Neicadsaier, whose sweet songs have done so much to advertise that city, has added another to his long list of po etic effusions. His latest song, "She Is Waiting for Her Boy," the words and music of which are now out, is up to the high standard which Mr. Boyd main tains in all his productions. The song is for sale at Perry Bros, store, Wilkes- Barre. The words are as follows: She is watching for his coming, with a cheery heart and bright. In the homestead that he left long years ago. Hut the anxious care and waiting left their im press on hor face. And her sunny hair has turned to locks of 'Twos an early morn in summer that he left the eottago roof That had sheltered him through every storm and Joy, And his mother's heart was saddened when she pressed him to her breast To give parting to her fond and loving boy. CHORUS. At the fireside she is waiting with loyal heart and brave. His parting words come to her with refrain. I am coming back, dear mother, I will surely come to you, And hold you in my loving arms again. When passing years brought wealth and fame, his thoughts then homeward tumed To the loved spot where he played in childish glee; And he prayed while on his journey that his mother's voice once more Would greet him when he knelt beside her knee. From the window of the cottage the mother saw him come, All her anxious years, her vigil too, were past; His fond arms went around her with kind and loving care. And there's gladness in the cottage home at last. CHORUS. There is gladness in the cottage and on the mother's face, Her heart is filled with pleasure and with Joy. And forgotten is the sorrow of the long und weary years, In the presence of her fond and loving boy. BASE BALL. To the general public it would seem that Freeland's Club would not be in it this season, but such is not the case. Very little is heard of it at present, but the manager will surprise the base ball people here when he announces who will wear the uniforms. The difficulty at present is in selecting the proper men from the forty applicants who are desir ous of playing here. Letters have been received from parties as far west as Can ton, Ohio, and from Danbury, Conn., in the east, asking Manager Hanlon to sign the writers. From Philadelphia there are a dozen applications, and as many more from scliuylkil towns. Scranton, Wilkes-Barre and Allentown have men who want to wear the brown, and three of the famous Cuban Giants have asked what prospects there are "to catch on in the best town we ever struck." Some of the applicants want exhorbitant sala ries, but the majority seem only anxious to get here. It will be impossible to state who will constitute the team until the manager hears from those to whom he has sent terms and contracts. Cutler is with Catasauqua again. The club has new suits, consisting of light gray pants, dark shirts, maroon belt and stockings and gray cap. Hazleton's Y. M. C. A. Club has re organized for this season. Phil Bach man, of Freeland, has signed to play third. The Soapies are now ready to meet all comers. They will play thiß year 011 the South Heberton grounds. The Upper Lehigh Association is clear ing off the diamond and improving the outfield of its grounds. It intends to open the season shortly, having received several challenges. Tlio club practices every evening. There is some talk of organizing a junior league in this vicinity, to consist of Upper Lehigh, Sandy Run, Soapies, of South Heberton; Fearnots, of Drifton, and the Tigers, of Freeland. To this could be added Eckley or Jeddo, and as these clubs are about evenly balanced the league would be* a success from the start. The State Base Ball League is practi- ' cally assured. At a meeting of repre sentatives from the cities of Harrisburg, Altoona, Pittsburg, Johnstown, Allen- j town, Lebanon and Beading, the prin cipal business was the selection of an eighth club from the following appli- ' cants: York, Danville. Meadville, Erie and East Liverpool, Ohio. It was finally decided to admit York. All the clubs | in the league are well backed financially and there is good promise of success. Randall, of Reading; Mishler, Altoona, and Farrington, Harrisburg, were ap pointed a schedule committee and it was decided to purchase the National Protec- j tion without the reservation clause. > Douglass, of Allentown, resigned as President of the league, and J. M. Krei ter, of Harrisburg, formerly manager of i the York team, was chosen his successor. j. p. MCDONALD, SOUTH AND CENTRE STREETS. Our big stores are filled and piled high up from cellar to loft with BRAND NEW GOODS FOR SPRING AND SUMMER. We cannot pretend to name all the handsome things we have to offer you. Here are spring und summer Dress Goods AND A MAGNIFICENT LINE OF OTHER DIIY GOODS. BOOTS and SHOES. In this department we have everything that could be asked for in the footwear line, and the low prices we sell our goods at will certainly usto'nish you. Your special attention is called to the stock of FURNITURE We are offering for sale. tOur wurerooin is filled with the choicest styles of parlor and bedroom suits, and everything else in the furniture business. About everything that you need is here, and at rock-bottom prices, too. We sell strictly for cash, and have no high rents to pay, therefore our prices are far below any others. Call in, examine our large stock and oe convinced that we can give you satisfaction in every respect. J. P. McDonald. WONDERFUL The cures which are being otTected by T)rs. Htarkey & Palen, lfi29 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa., in Consumption, Catarrh, Neuralgia, Bron chitis, Hheumatism, and all chronic diseases, by their Compound Oxygen Treatment, ure in deed marvelous. If you are a sufferer from any diseusc which your physician has failed to cure, write for in formation about this treatment, and their book of 200 pages, giving a history of Compound Oxygen, its nature and etfects, with numerous testimonials from patients, to whom you may refer for still further information, will be promptly sent, without charge. This book, aside from its great m?rit as a medical work, giving, as it does, the result of years of Study and experience, you will find a very interesting one. Drs. STARKEY &. PALEN, IfliO Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. 120 Sutter St., San Francisco, Cal. Please mention this paper. PENSIONS THE DISABILITY BILL IS A LAW. Soldiers Disabled Since the War are Entitled Dependent widows and parents now dependent whose sons died from effects of uriny service ure Included. If you wish your claim speedily and successfully prosecuted, ,ra " JAMES TANNER. Late Cora, of Pensions, Washington, D. C. Subscribe for the "Tribune." JOS. EETTBTTfRGER'S P. 0. S of I. BUILDING STORE. The American Eagle on Top. Prices Are Lower Than Ever Before. Oiar aJ.m is to lead. and. nevsr fbllc-^7 - . -will d.o it in tine future, as in tine past. Call on ms and inspect oar large etoclc of Ready-Made Fine Clothing, Dry Goods, Gents' Furnishing Goods, Boots & Shoes, . Fancy Goods, Etc. Don't forget the place M NEDBDRGER, ■ P. 0. S. of A. BUILDING, FREELAND. BUY THE^BABY^ Geo. Chestnut, 91 Centre Street, Freeland. WT AN II4|IIIUII FOR And Hardware of Every Description. REPAIRING DONE ON SHORT NOTICE. We are prepared to do roofing and spouting in the most improved manner and at reasonable rates. We have the choicest line of miners' goods in Freeland. Our mining oil, selling at 20, 25 and 30 cents per gallon, cannot be surpasssed. Samples sent to anyone on application. Fishing* Tackle and Sporting Goods. BIRKQECK'S, CENTRE STREET, FREELAND, PA.
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