FREELAND TRIBUNE! Published Every Thursday Afternoon -BY THOS. A. BUCKLEY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS, - - SI.OO PER YEAR. Entered ai the Fieeland Postofflce as Second Class Matter. FREELAND, PA., MAY 20, 1892. SHOULD Harrison and G rover Cleve land be the opposition candidates for president this year it would bo the third in the history of the government of a second race for the presidency between previous competitors. Thos. Jefferson and John Adams were the opposing candidates in 179G and 1800, and Martain Van Buren and William Henry Harrison in lfi.'tG and 1840. In both these cases the man beaten the first time was successful the second, and history will not go back on Grover. LAST week Deputy Factory Inspec tor Castler brought suit against the proprietor of a marble works at Dan ville for refusing to comply with the semi-monthly pay law, and the case is now in court. The employes were not afraid to ask for their rights, and they acted like men by going in a body and doraanding what the law allows. If there were more men of this kind working in the Upper Le high and Sandy Run collieries the operators would be given an oppor tunity to explain their position in court. THE Newsdealer wants to know why we are "opposed to the nomina tion of so stalwart a Democrat as Hill in preference to ono Cleveland, who is utterly selfish and not n Demo crat of the people ?" Simply because the former is a type of those politi cians who stop at nothing which will further their personal ambitions. By this is meant all that the words im- ] ply. Cleveland is a man who ex-1 pressed his honest convictions when j that measure insured his defeat, but I he would rather be right than be president. There is not a taint of! selfishness in any act, word or deed of his whole public career, nnd we hope to see the Newsdealer woiking for j his election and the adoption of the noble principles he advocates. A DETERMINED anil systematic effort is being made by Harrison's oppon ents to obtain Blaine's consent to be n candidate at Minneapolis, and many even go so far as to claim that the name of the secretary of state will be presented to the convention whether he consents or not. They count upon the magic of Blaine's name to stam pede the delegates and believe that lie will feel duty bound to accept the nomination when it is tendered to him unanimously. Such might have been the case a few months ago, but since several of the states have inslructed their delegates positively for Harrison it is not the easy job it appears to be, and the people who are soured on the administration cannot defeat tiie president's renomination unless the instructed delegates are false to their trust. THE movement started nearly a year ago in Europe to have bishops appointed in the United States for the different nationalities which are represented in the Catholic Church lias received its death-blow in a letter recently issued from Rome, stating that such a policy is both inexpedient and not in harmony with American institutions. Apart from its religious I aspect the question is one that has an important bearing upon the welfaro j of this country, for to allow every I seperate nationality to have its own ecclesiastical superior would be on incentive and a direct method of forming nations within a nation, thereby lessening the opportunities i.nd desires of foreigners to become thoroughly Americanized. The view taken by the Vatican is worthy of commendation by every citizen, no niniter of what denomination he is a member. Atvhough dog days have not yet ar rived the editor of the Coopersburg Sentinel is tearing around through Lehigh County like a mad canine be cause the TaniuNE does not support the Leading deal. Here is a speci men paragraph of his unintelligible nonsense when writing upon our posi tion. AVe print it as lie does and will present a medal to an)' person who can comprehend what the rattle brained scribbler means: Jo :he Reading Coal Combine it is to insanely insolent to give one line in fav or. ft is of no use the Tribune opens its "gap" for the Reading Coal Combine is a good move and to it we would say "long live the the Reading Coal Com-1 bine." Of course we don't mind the above or any other part of his article. The TRIBUNE will continue its opposition to the deal until the highest court in the country says the combination is legal. Our refusal to offer homage to their master throws the coterie of P. It. curs into convulsions, bu ( a lit tle of McLeod's "pap" ought t coothe their wounded feelings. BRIEF ITEMS. Tlie opera house, Record office, Ly ceum building and Dr. Llewellyn's office at Lnnsford were destroyed by lire on Saturday. Loss about $30,000. Twelve young men had skin grafted from their arms and transplanted to the injured leg of Wm. Kimmel, of Treskow, at the Ilazlcton Hospital on Sunday. Joseph Nicholas, a sixtccn-vear-old boy, fell eighty feet from the top of No. 3 breaker, at Lattimer, on Friday. He was instantly killed, almost every bono in his body being broken. lVhile angling along Mill Creek, noir Miners Mills, on Sunday, a fishcrni n was surprised to see the stream suddr uly disappear and an immense cavoin take its place. He has sworr off Sunday fish ing. Thirty-five m n nr. t work placing Mountain Park in sh ip for the opening, which takes place or Saturday with a picnic from Pittstn Then beginning or Monday the park is booked solidly foi fifty-five consecutive days. The Welsh Baptist conference close ! at Parsons on Monday. Rev. E. Ed wards, of Milnesville, and Rev. W. T. Davis, of Scranton, were elected as dele gates to the Centennial of Missions, to be held in Philadelphia, this week, The YVeatherly Herald says that since the P. & R. deal most of the towns on the Lehigh Valley have been boycotting Philadelphia and its papers on account of the stand they take in regard to the deal and New York papers have been in great demand. Pat Burke and Pat Park appeared in the ring at Plains on Sunday morning to fight to a finish. Four rounds were fought and both men were horribly pun ished. Before the last round had been finished Rev. Father Phillips, who heard of the mill, sent a messenger and stop ped all proceedings. Samuel Herpshetz, a peddler, went to a Hungarian colony near Shamokin on , Monday afternoon to sell goods. He entered a house where John Zerbine re- I sided. Zerbine forced the peddler into the cellar, exclaiming "I have sworn to kill all Jews," and seizinga hatchetsplit open Herpshetz's skull. At Sunbury the arbitrators in the case of the farmers along the Shamokin Creek against the Reading and Pennsyl vania Companies, handed down awardß in ten cases. For years the coal dirt from the mines has "been washed on the lands. Ten cases were prosecuted, and, after taking testimony for three years, damages ranging from SSOO to S4OOO are awarded. PERSON ALITIEB. Mrs. French Collinßand dnugliter, and Mrs. Stroh Smithers, of Mauch Chunk, are visiting old friends in town. Wm. Evans, of Birvanton, attended the conference of the Welsh Baptist Church at Parsons on Saturday. A. A. Barthmaier, representing the well-known firm of Oesterle & Co., dealers in church and society goods, made a business trip through the county this week. , John J. Gallagher, who has been a few days in Philadelphia, returned home j on Tuesday. Mrs. Daniel Kline is spending the week with relatives in Monroe County. Miss Mamie Vorsteg, of Baltimore, Md., is visiting her brother and family on West Main Street. Ex-Mayor McCuen, Arthur Frothing ham and L. B. Gernon, of Scranton, were among the visitors in town yester day. | Rev. L. Novemsky, of Allegheny | County, formerly pastor of the Hunga ; rian Lutheran Church, was a visitor here this week. Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Ferry, of Shenan doah, are spending the week in town. James McGinley, of Easton, is visiting at the residence of his sister, Mrs. J). Ferry, of Main Street. Mrs. James K. Boyle is spending the week with friends in New York City. I'PrKR LEHIGH NOTES. Nothing has occurred here yet in the way of compelling the company to obey the semi-monthly pay law, and all indi cations are that it will go by default if left to the men of this place. The condition of work here is not of the very best at the present time, as this place is in what may be called the last stages of a once i prosperous town. The prospects are that J before many years the men who have lived here for nearly a score of years will have to seek a home elsewhere. With about three men for the one job it may be plainly seen that the chances of enforcing the semi-monthly pay law are not the very best. It is rumored here that the members of the game club will be apt to get them selves into trouble on account of the manner in which they poisoned decoys for foxes, weasels and other wild animals which destroy the game. Last week two more valuable dogs were found poisoned. The owners are looking the matter up and if it can be traced to the game club they will be prosecuted. Can the mem bers of the game club enlighten the pub lic on this subject? Mrs. Catharine Kennedy, an old and respected lady, died at the" house of her son-in-law, P. W. Amon, in No. 3, on Tuesday night. The funeral will be held on Friday at 2.30 o'clock. An extensive cave-in took place at No. 4 last week within a few yards of the breaker. Work was suspended for two days on account of it. Base ball here is slack, because the hoys seem to be divided. Boys, this is foolish. Come together, settle your dif ferences and boom the game. You can do it. The activity displayed around the breaker this week by the bosses in try ing to beat former records of hoisting coal has brought the average hoisting up to nearly (100 cars a day. A large number of people from here went over to Freeland on Tuesday morn ing to the scene of the fire. One of our young men who had been thinking of going to the Western States has abandoned the idea. Letters that came from Colorado and Montana caused the change. BASE BALL. The Tigers, of Freeland, and the Fear nots, of Drifton, played at Drifton Park on Sunday afternoon before a large au dience. As it was the first game for both clubs this season the need of practice was noticeable, but this made it none the less interesting. The Tigers were handi capped by the absence of Brislin. their pitcher, but were confident of winning until the Fearnots got down to work. Then the Freeland people gracefully surrendered the honors of the day witn a score of 8 to 4. The batteries w rc Lever and Gaffney for the Tigers, and Boner and Boyle for the Fearnots. The Reading Club has been secured as the attraction for next Sunday. The base ball people of the region are fa miliar with the record of this strong team ami a repetition of the hard-fought game of last year may be looked for. Reading made the pluckiest stand against Free land of any c ub that played here, and will iry to ca ry back with them to Berks Cornty the lienors they lost in 1891. Gauu at 3 o'clock. T! ; base b 1 writer of the Lehighton eate c.il. .inderson "the red-headed left-hander" who threw for Cape May and played afterwards with the Phillies and Lebanon. Tommy says he never was at Cape May, never saw the Phillies or Lebanon and is neither reel-headed or left-handed. The party the Adrocate re ferred to Is not in the business this sea son. The A. C. S. N., one of Philadelphia's strongest clubs, is booked for two games at Catasauqua on Memorial Day. The Never Sweats, of Eckley, would like to hear from the Tigers. Reading defeated two strong clubs yes terdy—Catasauqua, 15 to 8, and Phoenix ville, 7to 1. Freeland will have to get down to work to meet them on Sunday. The State League season opened on Monday. Rothermel and O'Hara, of the Harrisburgs, are holding their own in the game. The much-advertised Anthracite Lea gue has gone up in wind. Lehighton does intend to be in the swim this seuson, and a permanent asso ciation has pecn organized. The follow ing players will compose the team: Rei chard, p; Christman, c; Conardy, lb; Chambers, 2b; Koch, ss;Scypes, 2b; Yen ser, If; Mantz, cf; Shaffer, rf; Brinkman, substitute. No outside talent will be signed. Reading on Sunday afternoon. KCKLEY IJOINOS. Rev. Thos. Brehony, while engaged in reading mass in the church on Sunday, was suddenly taken ill, and was com pelled to stop the services. He is still sick, but it is hoped he will speedily recover. Patrick Gallagher was at Wilkes-Barre on Monday on a business trip. Frank McGroarty and Condy Quinn, of Freeland, were circling among the fair sex in town on Sunday. There are three boys in town to whom May desires to give a bit of advice and that is to remain at home after sundown, and not be walking railroad ties and assisting three young, nervous girls across the D. S. & S. bridge, as they were seen doing on Sunday evening. Walter Fernau, Harry Shelhammer and John James are developing into expert cyclers. Edward Gallagher, who has been very ill during the past week, is recovering. Patrick McDermott, a miner at No. 10, received a severe gash on the head by a fall of coal on Monday. Mary Nagle, of South Heberton, is visiting here. There are several girls in this town who are inveterate candy fiends and can be found every day chewing Bweetmcats of various kinds. As it is only natural that they will persist in their cravings for this article when there is the least chance of their desires being satisfied, we would advise the young fellows upon whose purses the girls have a constant demand, to go into the candy business unless they decide to call a halt upon the continual requests for "soothing I syrup." MAY. IJKIFTON ITKMS. At present we are working four days a week and not earning enough to keep us the other three. This is about the con dition of things here, and notwithstand ing all that is Been said in favor of the Reading deal, it, and it alone is responsi ble for this state of affairs, antWif there is not something done soon by Governor l'attison and Attorney General Hensel they will have their name about on the same level as this infamous deal. The abuttments for the large bridge across the locie track going to No. 1 are nearly finished. When this is complet ed and the track laid it will greatly sim plify the present method of handling cars around the breaker. The new locie house that has been built in the place of the one that was burned sometime ago, is completed. Mrs. Thomas Williams, of Malianoy City, is visiting at house of William K. Davis. Michael Marley, who has been sick for the past week, is slowly recovering. The teachers of the school nt No. 2 will finish their term this week. Pres ents will be distributed among the most worthy of the pupils. Stanley Shaffer, a lad about five years of age, and his brother found a dualin cap which they thought had been explod ed. They bdgan experimenting with it and the result is that Stanley is snfifer ing from a very sore hand. The young men of this place who take such delight in cock-fighting better be careful, or they may have the pleasure of running to Freeland behind Seiwell's sulky like the Hun did from Stockton. The manager of a base ball club that goes under the ferocious name of Tigers, came here on Sunday with the intention of shutting out the Fearnotsof this place. Their name seems to have lost all its fierceness, anyhow it failed to scare the Fearnots. At the end of the game the score was 8 to 4 in favor of the Fearnots and a more subdued and crest fallen lot of Tigers would have been hard to find any where when the Fearnots were j through with them, I UNTIL MEMORIAL DAY ONLY! fThe Latest in Hats. Grimes' Special Shape. until"Memorial Day, May 30, the new style of hats, made expressly for her trade, neat greatest bargain the ladies of Freeland and vicinity were and choose your ideal from be seen in the show cases^ hi MSIM SiSPI, Everything In tlie millinery line can he found here. Whether you WIHII to l>y or not you are welcome to InHpect "THE NEW YORK " our t H { ore an<l the ,uin<|Hom e goo<iHit Mrs. B. Grimes, Milliner and Dressmaker, CENTRE STREET, BELOW FRONT. WHAT TO WEAR!- WHERE TO GET IT! Two important questions that trouble young men, old men, big boys and little boys. We will answer your queries most satisfactorily. We have ready-made clothing to suit men and boys—all styles and all sizes, and everything is just from the manufacturer—as new as new can be. Our stock of gents' furnishing goods— .including collars, cuffs and a handsome line of neck wear—is certainly worth examining. Then we have BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, GAPS, ETC., in such great varieties that no man need leave our es tablishment without a perfect fit. We can rig a man out from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet in such fine style that his friends will be astonished, and the man will also be astonished at the low cost of anything and everything he will buy of JOHN SMITH, BIM!CK ffiN. JOB PRINTING OF ALL KINDS DONE AT THE TRIBUNE OFFICE. An Kfl'ort to Ilribe Journalists. Evidently John Russell Young was not appointed for ornament. Mr. Mc- Leod has earned the praise of all the New York journalists through the cour tesies he extended by giving thein a trip to Gettysburg and we are presented with the peculiar spectacle of that gruff and despotic railroad man, M. F. Bonzano, the man who ordered that all sideboards be torn down from the faces of conduc tors, giving aspecial engine to carry copy to Harrisburg that a freak of the editors might be fulfilled. As members of the profession we sin cerely hope that the men who received the passes will not stop pitching into the "deal." It might spoil a season of dead head traveling if they do. But there is a moral in this nice treatment of New York editors that the great public would do well to watch and profit by, and that is that there is only one effectual way to deal with a corporation and that is to hammer it as presistently as you can. There isn't any use fawning on it. It hasnosoul, no susceptibility. Youcan't Hatter it, but you bother it and bother to a corporation means the loss of money and money is its life. The Reading has never been a liberal corporation in any sense. Like a good many newspapers it couldn't afford to be liberal, but just now it lias a special reason to be liberal, and John Russell Young, who is one of the most polite of lobbyists, realizes that now is the time for a little liberality. Every cloud has its silver lining and out of the darkness of the Reading deal may come a glorious era of prosperity for the editor. But like all golden eras, it will be short. Once they succumb to the magic of the pass their good time ends. Bonzano will be himself again. Passes will have to be begged for and will be marked "account charity" by some gruff, well-fed autocrat of a depot yard or a dozen clerks. McLeod may be a pleasant fellow and so may John Russell, but the public side of a great question must not be spoken of in the same breath as the pass, nor must the pleasure excursion blind the writers or the public to the evil of the monopoly which is greater now than when it first took our breath away. Consistency is a jewel that ought to be worth more than a pass and until the Reading company comes out and shows that it has not violated the constitution, that it is not a law breaker no newspaper can afford to become its advocate.—//f<z leton Sentinel. On Secret Societies The following article, taken from the Catholic Citizen, of Milwaukee, Wiscon sin, is published by request: The Third Plenary Council of Baltimore, hold in the year 18K1, contains a long chapter on "Secret Societies," which received the appro bation and commendation of the ecclesiastical authorities at Itomo, and constitutes to-day the law binding every Catholic in the United States. The council declares that forbidden societies arc of two klnds-those forbidden by name, and those forbidden implicitly, i. <■„ fall ing within the range of general condemnations, it says that the societies condemned by name arc only two, viz., the Freemasons and tlio Car bonari. it says that the socioties that are con demned implicitly are ail those whose members take an onth of blind obedience, f. e„ to do what evor is commanded them whether It bo right or wrong, and which forbids the making known the puriswee of the society to legitimate ecclesiastical authority. However, in onler tv 1 prevent confusion or diversity of discipline in the church in the United States, the council provided that the application of these princi ples to any one society In particular did not be long to the province of uny Bingle priest, bishop, or archbishop of the United States, nor to uny collecttou oven of blßhops, but to a com mittee composed of all the archblshoiw of the United States; and, in order further to prevent the jtossibility of scandal in this matter, it pro vides that no direct application of those princi ples should be made to any one determined so ciety without the unanimous vote of all the members of the commission. This was approv ed by Rome, and the dererec is found under No. 255 of the acts and decrees of the Third Ple nary Council of llaltlmorc. The words arc as follows: "Moreover, to prevent the possibility of a confusion of discipline by the toleration in one diocese of a society which same society is con demned in another, to the consequent great scandal of the faithful and detriment of eccles iastical authority, we desire that no society bo condemned by name as fulliug under one of the classes indicated before the Ordinary has re ferred the case to fhe commission which we now constitute for deciding such cases, and which shall consist of all the archbishops of these provinces. Hut if the society should not seem to all to be one to be condemned, recourse must be had to the Holy See in order that a sure decision may be had and discipline be pre served uniform in our provinces." Since the time of the council this commission of archbishops holds a meeting every year to take into consideration what ever points of church discipline the past year has presented as most demanding attention. In the year IHW) they assembled In Boston and took into consid eration the condition of societies in the United States that were under no formal condemna tion, and passed the following resolution: "The Freemasons excepted, the societies most prevalent in America, such as the Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Sons of Temperance, etc., are not formally condemned by the church; many of these societies may be, and very likely are, from their position and tendencies, more or lees dangerous to Catholics, and it were bet ter by far that the Catholics had no part in them. Catholics should be discouraged from joining them; however, when Catholics do be long to them, the question of leaving them or remaining in them must be decided by the con science of each individual. So far as the socie ties are now known to the archbishops there seems to be no absolute certainty of any posi tive wrong in them, and consequent!}' no gen eral mandate can be issued forbidding them; moreover, we must be prepared, it was said, to leave us much latitude as we well can to Indi vidual Catholics, as severe restrictions imposed upon them, where no absolute necessity of so doing exists, would only irritate them and do harm." The next meeting of the archbißhops was held at St. Louis, on the occasion of the jubilee of Archbishop Kenrick. The question of socie ties was again placed under consideration, and the archbishops resolved to stand by the de crees of the council of Baltimore and by the resolution taken in their meeting held at Bos ton the year previous. A correction was, how ever, introduced in that resolution, where it is said: "The question of leaving* societies or remain ing in them must l)e decided by the conscience of each individual;" the words should have been: "By the conscience of each individual under the direction of his confessor." Alter further discussion the resolution was passed, that the rules of the Third Plenary Council regarding societies be adberd to, the resolution of the Boston conference to be ex plained as not having altered these rules. This is the law of the church In the United States in force at this moment concerning the condemnation of societies and the attitude of Catholics toward them. N" euburg'er's f. 0. S. of LBUI STOtE, IFIRIEIEIL^IISnD. Corner Centre and. Front Streets. RUSHING THINGS! Prices Lower Than Ever. Consult Your Own Interest. Make Your Money Co as Far as Possible. Dry Goods and Ready-Made Clothing For Men, Boys and Children. Boys' suits reduced to §I.OO each. Men's suits go for $3.00 each. Men's shifting pants, only 75 cents. Lace curtains, 75 cents per pair. Six pairs of men's seamless hose, 30 cents. Turkey-red table linen, 25 cents per yard. P. D. corsets, from 50 cents upward. Twenty yards of heavy unbleached yard-wide muslin, §I.OO. Best Lancaster ginghams, 7 cents per yard. Ladies' chemise, 25 cents each. White dress goods, from 0 cents per yard upwards. GREAT BARGAINS In All Departments. Thanking all our patrons for past favors we will make it to your interest and appreciate your call in the fu ture at our new and commodious emporium, P. O. S. of A. Building Store. JOS. NEUBURGER, CENTRE AND FRONT STREETS, - FREELAND. BUV ™ EfIB "* CH Geo. Chestnut, 91 Centre Street, Freeland. Wt Av FOR j> p m mfr s B sJp twgk $ 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/ B\RKQEGK , S. CENTRE STREET, FREELAND, PA,
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