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FREELAND, PA., JUNE 8, 1893.
Still Talking for the Truth.
The New York Reform Club, which did
Biich great work in the recent presiden
tial campaign, has its orators out through
the country yet. One of these is our
former townsman, Wm. 15. Estell, and
that he is talking sound common sense,
as he always does, is proven by the fol
lowing from the Boston Globe:
Much interest hag been manifested in
the series of talks on the tariff which
lion. Win. B. Est ell, of the New York
Reform Club, is giving in New Hamp
shire. There is 110 politics in these ad
dresses, except the politics of common
sense, and it is small wonder that Mr.
Estelle's clear and cogent presentation
of facts regarding tariff and taxation
should find attentive hearers. It is in
one way an advantage that so important
a topic should be thus carefully present
ed at a time when the excitement of
party contests is wanting, nnd no ap
peals are made to •prejudice against
listening to the claims of common sense
and justice.
In the Berlin, N. H., Independent, we
find another notice which bears testi
mony to the above. It says:
The lecture on tariff reform at Whit
ney opera house Monday evening by
Mr. W. B. Est ell, of New York, was
attended by an audience of 150 men.
Mr. EBtell is a pleasing speaker, and
held his audience better than one would
naturally expect, for the subject is not
one of interest to everybody. Tariff re
form is generally regarded as Demo
cratic doctrine, but Sir. Estell does not
address his audience in the spirit of a
campaign orator, but as one who prefers
to reason rather than to bluff, and com
mon sense takes precedence over politi
cal prejudice. We hope to again have
the pleasure of listening to Mr. Estell 011
the subject of the tariff.
"Tales From Town Topics."
The most reading matter, the most
varied in character, and the best and
brightest in quality of any weekly jour
nal will be found in Town Topics, the
world-famed so-called society journal of
New York. We say "so-called" because,
while it contains a vast amount of news
of the doings of swell society throughout
North America, it also includes so many
other features of interest to the general
reader, comprising wonderfully bright,
short stories, serials by the greatest
authors; the most pungent witticisms,
brilliant burlesques, sketches and poetry,
and finally the most elaborate financial
news department, thnt it might more
properly be called a "journal for every
body." Each number is a veritable
library, large enough to occupy the
leisure hours of the week.
From the same olfice is published a
literary quarterly, "Tales from Town
Topics," 256 pages in each number of
which is given an original story, obtain
ed by competition under an offer of n
thousand dollar prize, and occupying
about half the book, the balance of tbe
volume being made up of short stories,
etc., from tho numbers of Town Topics
of years back. Both these publications,
clubbod, are sent for one year for ss.tio.
Town Topics, 21 West 23d Street, New
York. *
It may be. It certainly will be, of in
terest to students everywhere to know
about a law that has just been passod
by tho Ohio legislature. The said law
makes hazing at school or elsowhero a
misdemeanor punishablo by fine and im
prisonment in tho penitentiary. The
amount of tho fine is from SIOO to S3OO
and the term of imprisonment from six
months to two years. Branding or tat
tooing bynitratoof silver or other means
gets a dose of penitentiary too. Now
tho young ladies and gentlemen of Ohio
may look out. Every stato in this Union
ought to havo Just that kind of a law.
The Philadeljihia Public Ledger prints
n tabulated statement of the national
dobt from 1805 to 1892. July 1,1865, the
debt was $2,807,288,037.55. July 1, 1802,
it had been reduced to $931,710,310. The
united fortunes of a dozen of our richest
millionaires could wipe tho whole sum
out. Tho Ledger remarks: "Thisextraor
dinary extinguishment of tho govern
ment's obligations shows something of
tho wonderful resources of tho country
and the folly of the talk of national
bankruptcy."
This is to be remembered about our
gold export: Tho more millions of it wo
send to Europe tho more plentiful will it
become there and tho less tho demand
will be for it. When Europo has enough,
inoro will bo a glut, consequently thero
will eonse to bo an export demand hero.
WASHINGTON* LETTER.
Washington, D. C., June 0.
Secretary Carlisle has maue it a rule
to see everybody that called on him at
his oflice until last week, when after
much deliberation he came to the con
clusion that his promiscuous callers were
taking up so much of the time that
should be devoted to weightier matters
that it was his duty to follow the presi
dent's example and deny himself to
general callers, and an announcement to
that effect was made. It is easy enough
to see Secretary Curlisle if your business
is of a public nature, but otherwise you
cannot. Theoretically it seems hard on
some of his callers, but practical}' there
was no other course left for him to take.
In the present state of the country the
official duties of the secretary of the
treasury are of the highest importance,
more depending directly upon him than
upon any other member of the cabinet,
and John Griffin Carlisle lias never
shirked or neglected his duty, although
he has often found it, as lie probably
does in this case, more or less painful to
perform.
Commissioner of Pensions Lochren
has decided after mature consideration
that to carry out his policy successfully
iu the pension bureau he must have new
chiefs in every diyision in the office,
and the present chiefs, some of whom
are notoriously inefficient, will all have
to go. Some of them who have made
fairly good records will be allowed to re
main as clerks. Some of these chiefs,
although they are Republicans, have in
fluential Democrats trying to save their
official heads, but Judgo Lochren says
he intends to put the office upon what
he considers a strictly business basis and
that no amount of influence will change
his purpose.
Judge Locheru tersely defines the poli
cy upon which he will run the pension
office as follows: "The equal, energetic
and exactly ad mi nisi ration of the pen
sion laws as they are found upon the
statue books. If a man is entitled to a
pension lie ought to have it, and if he is
not entitled y to it he should not apply.
Tho department is really a*court of
claims, and it is tho business and duty
of its officials to enter upon examination
of the papers submitted in each case
with patience and without bias. So far
as lies in my power this will be done.
If public money is being paid to the un
worthy it will be discontinued."
That "inexperienced young man,"
Comptroller of Currency Eckels, is very
vigorously administering the business
connected with his office, lie says he
| intends to put a stop to national banks
being used to bolster up outsido wild-cat
financial schemes that would have no
standing or credit wiiatever were it not
' for their supposed connection with
' national banks. Nobody knows better
than Mr. Eckels that it is a big contract
' tin the has undertaken, but if he suc
ceeds he will certainly be a popular man
with the solid business interests of the
1 country, which are naturally opposed to
the dummy mushroom financial concerns
that always do so much to demoralize
legitimate business.
Mr. Eckels emphasized his position
on this question by telling Mr. E. A.
Mears, the president of two North
Dakota banks that failed last week, who
called on him to say that be expected
both banks would resume business, that
the banks would not bo permitted to
resume, and further that no national
bank with which he (Mears) was con
nected would be allowed to begin busi
' ness hereafter.
No more scathing arraignment of the
methods of the Republican officials lias
over been drawn by a Republican than
that which is contained in the official re
port of the investigation of the weather
bureau, which lias been made to Secre
t try Morton by Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Colby, who conducted the investiga
tion. The report finds that the ch rges
of official abuses, favoritism and entire
absence of business methods in the bu
reau were fully sustained by the evi
dence. Secretary Morton will bring the
matter to the attention of the president
before taking action.
How many of the Republican papers
which have been criticising Secretary
Carlisle for removing Republican chiefs
of division and asserting that their
Democratic successors were incompetent,
will have the manliness to print his
latest order, directing the examining
board of the treasury department to
increase the minimum for testing the !
fitness of applicants for appointment as j
chiefs of division from 75 to 80 per cent?
Secretary Gresham has received no
official communication from the Chinese |
government giving even the slightest j
intimation of the intention of that!
j government to adopt retaliatory measures J
i towards Americans residing in China
| because of the Geary exclusion law, j
nowithstanding numerous more or less j
sensational statements to the contrary,
j The opportunity was too good for the J
I sensation mongers to lose; hence the I
j rumors. S. I
I The Ohio Chemical Co. publishes in j
: the TRIBUNE an ad which all slaves to
habit should carefully read and consider. !
I See fourth page.
I Every bottle of Arnica and Oil Lini- I
j ment sold is warranted by the proprie
| tors to give satisfaction or money will j
'be refunded. Sold by Dr. Scbilelier. '
A TRUST CONVENTION.
ITS PURPOSE IS TO STUDY THE
EVILS OF COMBINES.
Methods to Abolish Tliem Also to no Con
st lorod —Tariff Duties and Other Special
Duties Shown to Be Responsible—Sug
gestions For the Convention.
At tho suggestion of the Hon. Knnto
Nelson, governor of Minnesota, tho gov
ernors of 20 states have already decided
to appoint 10 delegates from each state
to a convention to be held in Chicago in
June to consider remedies for tho evils
of the coal and other combines and trusts.
There is a great need of such a conven
tion, and if the right men are appointed
delegates the convention will come to
conclusions which will open the eyes not
only of such men as was James (1. Blaine,
who regarded trusts as "private affairs;"
Androw Carnegie, who said "the public
may regard trusts or combinations with
serene confidence," and Senator Sher
man, who thought to rid the country of
.theso ugly monsters by a single law
spread out on our statute books, but of
all Republicans or Democrats who imag
ine that any laws or sets of laws which
simply declare trusts or combines illegal,
make the trustees or officers guilty of
misdemeanor or crime and imposo fines
and penalties of any kind or extent will
abolish trusts. All such laws, like Sher
man's antitrust law (which has had no
effect except to mako it advisable for a
few trusts to change their names), will
have about the same effect upon trusts
as pruning the "water sprouts" has
upon a vigorous apple tree or as a clod in
the way has upon a growing potato vine.
Tho truth is that so long as there ex
ists a rich monopoly soil, irriguted by
numerous acts of special legislation, we
may expect tho omnipresent seeds of
selfishness and greed to take root and
grow and spread into giant monopoly
plants. It is a waste of time to cut off
tho branches or evon to pull up individ
ual plants by the roots. The conditions
which give lifo to this plant must bo
changed or the plant will bo a source of
constant annoyance and harm. What
theso conditions are and how they can be
changed for the better can be easily dis
covered by tho convention if it starts in
quiry in tho right direction. Tho things
essential to trusts, the conditions that
mako it possible for producers to con
trol production and fix prices so as to
mako enormous profits, must first be
sought after.
To illustrate, suppose we select as sam
ples a dozen of tho worst law breakers
now preying upon consumers and labor
ers and producing paupers, tramps and
criminals by tho thousand. The Sugar,
Cordage, Window Glass, Steel Rail, Bo
rax, Saw, Ax, Copper Ingot, Standard
Oil, Reading Coal, Starch and Rubber
trusts are well known and generally
hated. What are the conditions which
foster those monopolies?
The Sugar trust has a monopoly of the
refining business in this country. The
cost of refining sugar is about 4 cent per
pound, and the prico of refined sugar
should not exceed the prico of the raw
sugar from which it is made by moro
than ior4 of a cent. Yet the trust now
pays 4 cents for raw and gets 5§ cents
for refined sugar and has maintained
about this difference for the last three
years. As we consumo about 70 pounds
of sugar per capita, this means that the
trust is making a profit of $4(1,000,000, or
would do so if it were doing a strictly
legitimate business and was not paying
unreasonable prices for opposition ro
fineries, many of which it holds idle. As
it is, tho trust is making a net profit of
about $05,000,000 a year from a nominal
capital of $75,000,000 and an actual capi
tal of perhaps $05,000,000.
It is not difficult to determine the con
dition that makes lifo desirablo to this
trust. It is tho duty of J per cent per
pound on refined sugar. Abolish this
duty, and the prices of raw and refined
sugar must stay as closo to each other as
they do in England. Otherwise wo would
use imported sugar. This move would
wipe out over $110,000,000 of the trust's
profits and would probably kill tho mon
ster, as the extra profits to be had from
combination would not cover tho inter
est on capital invested in idle or useless
plants and the risk of attempting to
manipulate markets and stocks. Com
petition would again be freo, and con
sumers would pay less for refined and
producers get more for raw sugar.
Substantially the same argument holds
in regard to the Steel Rail, the Window
Glass, the Starch, the Rubber and of
scores of other trusts of which these are
but samples. Special tariff legislation
gives them life, health and profits. Undo
this legislation and this class of trusts
will either ceaso to exist or be poworless
to accomplish great evil.
Besides tho class of trusts directly de
pendent upon import duties which pre
vent foreign trade, there is another largo
class indirectly dependent upon or great
ly aided by these duties. In fact, there [
are not half a dozen important trusts in I
this country that aro not benefited by
tho McKinley tariff. Suppose wo con
sider tho Saw trust. It might exist with
out a tariff, because it is now selling cir
cular, hand und crosscut saws in ull
parts of the world. To tho careless ob
server tho trust is therefore independ
ent of foreign competition. But con
sider! These saws are sold for about 25
per cent more in our own "protected"
than in foreign unprotected markets.
Why? Because tho import duties prevent
outsido competition in this, but not in
foreign unprotected markets. With freo j
trade, wo could at least get our saws as
cheaply as foreigners, because if neces
sary we coitkl buy them in the same f
markets and reimport them. What is
true of tho Sow is true of the Ax, Cordage
and dozens of other trusts engaged in
this nefarious business of selling lower :
abroad than at home.
| There is still another class of trusts,
like the Reading Coal, the Borax and tho
Standard Oil trusts, which usually de
rive nourishment from tariffs, but which
are mainly dependent upon other kinds
of special privileges—tho right to monop
olize what may bo called natural oppor
tiwity, such as the only available route
to or between certain mines, deposits or
cities, and tho privilege of exclusive
ownership of mines, deposits, water
ways and other of nature's bounties. So
long as one corporation or individual is
permitted to own and have the exclusive
use and benefit of the only anthracite
i coal beds in this country the price of
"hard" coal will be as high as tho trust
I can make it, of course limited to the ex-
I tent that a too high price would freczo
j out customers and reduce profits.
I The duty of 75 cents per ton on bitu
: minous coal helps tho Anthracite Coal
I trust to sustain prices where there would
; be real competition from foreign coal,
but the backbone of this trust—and it is
| still strong—will not be broken until tho
I light to monopolize nature's bounties is
abolished. It is probable that this could
j lie most easily accomplished by taxing
| the owners of these natural opportunities
i as much as they could get if they should
I hire out or sell the use of such privi
j leges. If the owners of tho coalbeds,
j the petroleum fields or the borax depos
! its had to pay in taxes all that these priv
| ileges yield them above fair profits, theso
I monopolies would at once kick up their
i heels and expire. Tho Reading company
| could not then afford to pay millions of
; dollars a year interest on mortgages on
I coal lands which were bought and held
idle simply to obtain a monoi>oly. Nor
could F. M. Smith afford to buy up and
hold idle all of the borax deposits in No
vada, Utah and Oregon. The Standard
Oil trust would never have existed to
make dozens of multimillionaires.
It is special legislation which restricts
trusts and competition and laws that give
special privileges to those who by fair
or foul means get control of nature's
storehouse that have made trusts possi
ble. If the trust convention sifts theso
matters to the bottom, it will recommend
I tho abrogation of all such laws and priv
ileges.—Byron W. Holt.
rrofoHsor Wells' Opinion.
Although the cause of commercial freor
dom in tho United States was greatly
advanced by tho return of Mr. Clevc
j land to tho presidency, with a majority
in both houses of congress (for the first
timo in many years) pledged to radical
but intelligent tariff reform, it would
bo a groat mistake to suppose that tho
contest on behalf of this groat principle
of human liln rty had been fully won,
and that its friends can afford to relax
anything of effort in its behalf.
In truth, tho battle has only just he
gun. Nothing is moro certain than that
a reconstruction of the existing (McKin
ley) tariff is not to be unattended with
difficulties. There iH nothing that fights
moro strenuously against any interfer
ence than privilege, especially privilege
created and maintained by a perversion
of the taxing power by government, and
it is also certain that every device which
unlimited money and fertility of re
source can put into action will be used
in tho next congress to prevent the will
of tho peoiilo as expressed in tho last
national olection from taking shapo in
tariff reconstruction. There are more
than 50 corporations and trusts in the
United States to whom the expenditure
of $1,000,000 each would be a (hatter of
small importance, provided all tariff leg
islation during the next 12 months can
be prevented.
Tho Bulletin of the American Iron
and Steel association, tho money organ
of tho extreme American protectionists,
has already declared the protectionist
policy to be to fight tooth and nail for
"every line and syllable of present tariff
legislation," and it further asserts "that
it is by no means certain that the new
congress cannot bo induced to let tho
protective features of tho McKinley tar
iff remain without material impairment."
Does any one doubt that The Bulletin
knows what it is-talking about? By an
evident preconcerted programme it will
he also further noticed that all the pro
tection journals throughout tho country
have begun to play the old trick of
"bugaboo" or "scare" on the masses of
our people by howling continuously
about tho certain impending desolation
that is suro to come to American indus
tries if any reduction is made in tho
present excessive and monstrous rates of
duties on imports.—David A. Wells in
American Industries.
McKinley Overlooked GH.
Mr. McKinley strangely, overlooked
one article when he framed his tariff.
Natural gas is imported largely into Buf
falo from Canada. It enters by means
of pipes. It is not accompanied by any
invoice or consular certificate. Tho cus
toms officials do not weigh or measure
or appraise it. Our own natural gas
men object to the pauper gas of Canada
and insist that it ought to be taxed at
least as much as tho difference in wages
between the well borers of the two coun
tries.
| At last accounts tho question had been
j formally referred to the board of gen-
I oral appraisers to determine whether it
is dutiablo, and if so at what rate.
There is a proviso in the tariff law
! which says that every article not erm
| meratod shall pay tho rate of duty of the
I enumerated article which it most nearly
! resembles in material, quality, texture,
or tho use to which it may be applied.
Natural gas most nearly resembles arti
ficial gas, but it happens that the latter
is not mentioned in tho tariff. There is
no gas in the MeKinley tariff except
laughing gas. Thero have been a great
many decisions under the similitude
clause of the tariff law, but nearly all of
them have been based upon sonio man
ufacturing process to which the articlo
has been subjected.
i Of course all these decisions are worth
less, because natural gas is never manu
factured. The rule of construction laid
down by the supremo court in tho case
of Arthur versus Fox is that if the ar
ticlo bears no similitude to any enumer
ated article resort must bo had to tho
materials of which it is composed. What
is natural gas composed off Carbon and
hydrogen mostly. But theso are also
unenumerated articles. So wo find our
selves traveling in a circle, and all bo
cause Mr. MeKinley did not put somo
gas into his tariff bill instead of expend
ing it all in tho congressional debates.—
New York Evening Post,
REFORM CLUB'S BILL.
ns PROVISIONS FIND FAVOR WITH
THE LADOR LEADERS.
Worklngmtn See That Protection Has 111-
creucd tho I'rlco of Everything They
Have to Ruy and Reduced WugeH—Trade
Restricted and Prosperity Read.
The American Economist, tho chief
organ of the protected manufacturers,
has been publishing a series of letters
from workingmen employed in protected
factories. Of course the great majority
of workinginen voted against protection.
Outside of Pennsylvania there is scarcely
a city, no matter how many protected
mills it contains, that is not Democratic.
There are but few labor organizations in
favor of protection. The Economist did
not find a prominent labor man to say a
word against tho Reform club's tariff
bill, and tho few letters it has obtained
are from foremen or workmen who were
probably coerced by their employers.
The opinions of theso workmen aro so
crude and the logic so weak and falla
cious that it is a wonder that oven the
slipshod Economist printed such rubbish.
American Industries is publishing tho
opinions of representative laboring men
on the Reform club's bill. Under date
of Jffay 20 it published tho opinions of
Mr. James P. Archibald and of Mr.
James J. Murphy. Both were most fa
vorahlo to tho bill.
Mr. Murphy is tho assistant general
secretary of tho National Paving Block
Cutters' union, a strong labor organiza
tion with more than 8,000 members. His
duties frequently call liira to all parts of
the country, and he has. many discus
sions with his fellow members on the
tariff question and is well able to voico
their sentiments. In speaking with him
on the Reform club's tariff bill lie said
in part:
"As far as tho question of tariff reform
is concerned all the workingmen I come
in contact with aro of ono mind, that
protection has increased the price of ev
erything they have to buy, and tho only
thing they have to sell—their labor—has
either been reduced, remained station
ary or been increased by the aid of their
union. In no single instance, however,
have I heard of a man's wages being in
creased through the protection the man
ufacturer was getting; on tho contrary,
the manufacturers always pocket tho in
creased profit or else put it by as a re
serve for the purpose of fighting the
union should they make a demand for
moro pay.
"Tho working people have been ground
between tho upper and ncthor millstones,
and well thoy know it and knew it last
November when they cast their votes, for
if any onoeloment carried the Democratic
party to success it was tho working poo
plo, and it was done as a protest against
the evil results of protection for the
manufacturer, wrung out of tho pockets
of tho worker, because iu reality ho had
to pay for it. Tho working people also
recognized that McKiuleyism restricted
trade, and that the general prosperity
was hound to suffer.
"Now, in relation to the Reform
club's bill, which I have carefully road,
the chief point which struck 1110 was its
simplicity. Every 0110 could see the
method under which tho tariff was to be
imposed, and it appeared so carefully
graded that the lowest duties would fail
on those goods which enter into Amer
ican manufacture and the higher duties
on tho things that are finished, or nearly
so, and luxuries. This, in my estima
tion, is real protection to American labor
and not American monopolists. I have
no means of judging the details of the
work in those brandies of industry, out
side my own, so do not care to pass other
than a general opinion.
"In tho matter of tho stone trade, with
which I am connected, tho stono cuttors
of this country have not tho least fear of
a low tariff, but rather desiro it. Tho
stono workers have certainly no interest
in a high tariff on tho material they use,
but they can see no reason why they
should bo taxed for other tilings which
give no benefit to tho workingmen, but
only enricli tho monopolist."
Protection uml tho World's Fair.
A visit to the Columbian exposition
will present a valuable object lesson to
every student of tho protective tariff,
otherwiso called tho "American system,"
As the visitor passes through the groat
Mining building, where tho states and
nations of tho eartli have displayed in a
myriad of forms tho various minerals
found within their respective borders,
his progress is arrested, and lie stands in
silent wonder before the grand exhibits
of England, Germany and other foreign
countries. Space would fail us to enu
merate tho thousand wonderful forms in
which tho manufacturers of other realms
have displayed, with all tho variety and
beauty that inventive genius and skilled
hands can create, tho manufactured
forms of tlieir nativo minerals.
He looks about him and asks, "Where
is tho exhibit of Camegio and tho other
iron manufacturers whom this country
has mode millionaires by protecting
them against tho competition of theso
foreigners!" Ho looks and inquires in
vain. The men whom this country has
shut out by class legislation havo evi
dently been actuated neither by motives
of gratitude to tho foster country which
has helped them to make their vast for
tunes nor by pride to seo our own coun
try unsurpassed in this greatest of inter
national contests.
"America for Americans" seems to bo
an empty shibbolotli to catch votes. No
patriotic sentiment lies behind it—only
Inordinato greed to amass fortunes by
the help of government and the expense
of the people. No truo American can
pass through the Mining building with
out feelings of humiliation and indig
nant shame. Wo ourselves have heard
Republicans who havo always voted to
sustain tho system that has made mil
lionaires of tho Carnogies curso thoso
very Camogies and tho mockery of the
protective tariff and mingle with their
expressions of wounded pride denuncia
tions of their own stupidity in helping
to bring about this very condition.—Oak
laud County Post.
—GREAT—
SLAUGHTER SALE
nfc the
Columbia Trailing Co.'s Store,
opposite the Central Hotel, Freeland.
BARGAINS
In Wntoh.es, Jewelry,
Accordeons, Silverware,
Cutlery, Dry Goods,
Notions, Novelties,
niul thousands of other articles from a
NEEDLE to an ANCHOR. You will
miss the opportunity of your life if you
fail to call. Just look at these figures:
Three-ounce watch, stem winder $1.25
Best accord eon in the world 2.00
All other goods as low In proportion.
THIS IS NO AUCTION, but a GENU
INE JiAItGAJX SALE of RELIABLE
GOODS. In order to avoid the crush at
right ladies nre invited to call during
the day. Goods at the same price as in
the evening.
COLUMBIA TRADING
COMPANY,
Opposite Central Hotel, Freeland, Ta.
APPLICATION for annexation to the bor
ough of Freeland.—Notice is hereby given
that an application will be made to the court,
of quarter sessions of Luzerne county, on July
1, A. D., ISIKI, and to the grand Jury of said
county, whit, h meets on September !, 1893. by a
number of the owners and residents ol adjoiu
ing'property for the annexation or certain lots,
outlets, etc., to the borough of Freehold, now
situated in the township of Foster, described
as follows:
Ist. All that portion of the Woodside addition
bounded by the alley east of Adams street on
the east; the right of way of the Lehigh Valley
Railroad Company on the south; the alley west
of Ridge street, and part of the alley west of
Centre street, on the west, and by the southern
boundary of the borough of Freeland on the
north.
2nd. All that tract of land known as "The
Park," situated east of the borough of Free
land.
3rd. All that portion of Burton's Hill bound
ed north by lands of the Aaron ilowey estate;
east by the borough of Freeland; south by
lands of the Cross Creek Coal Company, and
west by land of Tench Coxo estate.
John 1). llayes, Solicitor.
CIHAHTEK NOTlCE.—Notice is hereby given
) that an application will lie made to the
governor of the state of Pennsylvania on Mon
day, the nineteenth day ol' June, A. I). 1H93, by
EoKJey 11. Coxe, Alexander 11. Coxe, Ecklcy H.
Coxo, Jr., Henry 11. Coxd and E. B. Ely, under
the act of assembly of the commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, entitled "an uc.t to provide for
tuo incorporation and regulation of certain
corporations," approved April 29, 1874, and the
supplements thereto, for the charter of an in
tended corporation to bp called "The Oneida
Water Company."
The character and object whereof is the
supply of water to the public at the townships
of North Union and East Union, in the county
of Schuylkill, and to such persons, partner
ships and corporations residing therein and
adjacent thereto as may desire the same, and
for these purposes to have, possess and enjoy
ail the rights, benefits und privileges of the
said act ol assembly and its supplements.
S. P. Wolverton, Solicitor-
f CHARTER NOTlCE,—Notice is hereby given
that an application wiil bo made to the
governor of the state of Pennsylvania on Mon
day, the nineteenth day of June, A. I). 1898, by
Kckley B. Coxe, Alexander 11. Coxe, Eokley IS.
Coxe, Jr., Henry M. Coxe and E. 11. Ely, under
the act of assembly of the commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, entitled "an act to provide for
the incorporation and regulation of certain
corporations," approved April 29, 1874, and the
supplements thereto, lor the charter of an in
tended corporation to bo called "The beaver
Meadow Water Company."
The character and object whereof is the
supply of water to the public at the township
of P.anks, In the county of Carbon, and to such
persons, partnerships and corporations residing
therein and adjacent thereto as may-desire the
same, and for these purposes to have, possess
and enjoy all the lights, benclitsand privileges
of the said act of assembly and its supplements.
8. P. Wolverton, Solicitor.
/ 1 BARTER NOTlCE.—Notice Is hereby given
V_z that an application will be made to the
governor of the state ol Pennsylvania on Mon
day, the nineteenth day of June, A. 1). 1898, by
Kckley H. Coxe, Alexander B. Coxe, Kckley 11.
Coxe, Jr., Henry 11, Coxe and K. 11. Ely, under
the act of assembly of the commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, entitled "an act to provide for
the incorporation and regulation of certain
corporations," approved April 29, 1874, and the
supplements thereto, for the charter of an in
tended corporation to be called "The Drifton
Water Company."
The character and object whereof is the
supply of water to the public at the townships
of llazle and Foster, in the county of Luzerne,
and to such persons, partnerships and corpora
tions residing therein and adjacent thereto as
may desire the same, and for these purposes to
have, possess und enjoy all the rights, benefits
and privileges of the said act of assembly and
its supplements. 8.1. Wolverton, Solicitor.
f 11IARTER NOTICE.- Notice is hereby given
\J that an application will be made to the
governor of the state of Pennsylvania on Mon
day, the nineteenth day of June, A. I). 1898, by
Kckley 11. Coxe, Alexander 11. Coxe, Eckley 11.
Coxe, Jr., Henry 11. Coxe and E. It. Ely, under
the act of assembly of the commonwealth of
Pennusylvaniu, entitled "an act to provide for
the incorporation and regulation of certain
corporations," approved April 29, 1874, and the
supp'omenta thereto, for the charter of an in
tended corporation to be culled "The Tom-
I'icken Water CeinpaiM."
The character and object whereof is the
supply oi water to the public at the township
ol lilaekcreck, in the county of Luzerne, and to
suelii persons, partnerships and corporations
residing therein and adjacent thereto as may
desire the same, und lor these purposes to
have, prowess anil enjoy all the lights, benefits
anil privileges of the said net of assembly and
its supplements. 8. P. Wolverton, Solicitor.
/'AH ARTlilt NOTlCE.—Notice is hereby given
K.J that an application will la? made to the
governor ol the state.* of Pennsylvania on Mon
day, the nineteenth day of June. A. I). 1898, by
Kckley B. Coxe, Alexander 11. Coxe, Eckley if.
Coxe, Jr., Henry B. Coxe and li. 11. Ely, under
the act of assembly of the commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, entitled "an act to provide for
the Incorporation aud regulation of certain
corporations," approved April 29, 1874, and the
supplements thereto, for the charter of an In
tended corporation to be called "The Coxe Iron
Manufacturing Company."
The character and object whereof is the
manufacture of iron or steel, or both, or of unv
other metal, or of any article of commerce
Irom metal or wood or both, and for these pur
poses to have, possess and enjoy all the rights,
benefits and privileges of the said act of ussem
bly and its supplements.
( NOTICE. Notice Is hereby given
that an application will be made to the
governor of the state of Pennsylvania on Mon
day, the nineteenth day of June, A. 1). 1898, by
Kckley 11. Coxe, Alexander It. Coxe, Eckley It.
oxe, Jr. Henry It. Coxe and E. It. Ely, under
the act of assembly ol the commonwealth of
1 eniisylvanla, entitled "an act to provide for
the incorporation and regulation of certain
corporations, l approved April 29, 1874, und the
supplements thereto, for the charter of an in
tended corporation to be called "Coxe Brothers
and Company, incorporated."
I he charter and object whereof is the mining,
preparing, shipping and soiling of coal, aud for
| these purposes to have, possess and enjoy all
t he rights, benefits and privileges of the said
act4)t assembly and Its supplements.
Kciper's Steam Marble Works.
COIt. I.AUUEL liml MINK BTHEETB.
Monuments, Headstones,
selling at cost for next thirty days.
Iron and Galvanized Fences, Sawed Building
Stones, Window Caps, Door Sills, Mantels,
(1 rates, Coping, Cemetery Supplies.
PHILIP KEIPER, PROPllazleton.
- - - $1.50 - - -
"\A7"ill Bring- "STc-u.
tire Tri"b"u.ne
For - - a - - "STear.
SEAMS lAILEIAD SYSTEM *
, LEHIGH VALLEY
DIVISION.
Anthracite coal used exclti
i com'fo lIIBUPi,IK c,ett " lin Bß uud
ARRANGEMENT or PASSENGER TRAINS.
MAY 14, 1893.
LEAVE FREELAND.
0 05, 8 47, 9 40. 10 41 a m, 12 25, 1 32, 2 27, 345
4 55, ft 58, 7 12, 8 47 p m, for Drifton, Jeddo. Lum
ber i aid, Stockton and llazletoii.
005a m, 132, 3 45, 455n m, for Mauch Chunk,
Allentown, Bethlehem, Phila., Easton and New
York.
9 40 a m for Bethlehem, Easton and Phila.
7 20, 10 50 a in, 12 10,4 34 p m, (via Highland
Branch) for White Haven, Glen Summit, Wilkos-
Barre, Pittston and L. and 11. Junction.
SUNDAY TRAINS. X
11 40 a m and 3 45 p m for Drifton, Jeddo, Lum
ber Yard and Hazlcton.
345 pin for Delano. Mahnnoy City, Shenan
doah, New \ oik and Philadelphia.
ARRIVE AT FREELAND.
5 50, 7 01), 7 20, 0 18, 10 50 a m, 12 10, 1 15, 2 13.
4 34, 058 ami 837 pm, from liazleton, Stockton!
Lumber Yard, Jeddo ami Drifton.
7 20, 918 10 50 a in, 2 13, 4 144, 058 p m from
Delano, Mahnnoy City and Shenandoah (via
New Boston Brunch).
1 15, 0 58 and 8 37 n m from New York, Easton,
Philadelphia, Bethlehem, Allentown und Mauch
O'punk.
9 18 and 10 56 a m, 1 liW 6 58 and 8 37 p m from
Easton, Phila., Bethlehem ami Mauch Chunk.
9 18, 10 41 am 2 27, amp lu from White Haven.
Glen Summit, \\ ilkes-Ilarre. Pittston and L. ami
H. Junction (via Highland Branch).
SUNDAY TRAINS.
11 31 a ni and 331 p m, from Hazlcton, Lum
ln-r \ urd, Jeddo and Drifton.
11 31 a m from Delano, Hazlcton, Philadelphia
and Easton.
3 31 p m from Delano and Mahnnoy region.
For lurthcr information inquire of Ticket
Agents. V'
C. G. HANCOCK, Gen. Puss. Agt.
Philadelphia, Pa.
A. W. NONNEMACHEU, Ass'tG. P. A.
South Bethlehem, Pa.
HERE'S A BARGAIN.
One of the best located
properties on Centre street,
Five Points, is offered at a
sacrifice. Any person de
siring to make a paying in
vestment; should investigate
this.
A tine, well-built two-story building,
23x44 feet, containing a dwelling and
hack kitchen, also a storeroom, 23x1 H
feet. A good stable, 11x18 feet, is on
rear of lot.
The owner has good rea
sons for wishing to dispose /
of the property, and the
purchaser will be given easy
terms. For further infor
mation
API'LY AT TUP: TKIIIUNE OFFICK.
CITIZENS' BANK
OF FREELAND.
CAPITAL, - $50,000.
OFFICERS.
Joseph Birkbeck, President.
11. C. Koona, Vice President.
11. R. Davis, Cashier.
John Smith, Secretary.
DIRECTORS.—Joseph Birkbeck, Thos. Hi
beck, John Wagner, A. Rudewtck, H.C. Kootfe,
Chas. Dushcck, Win. Kemp, Matliias Schwabe,
John Smith, John M. Powell, 3d, John Burton.
IST Three per cent, interest paid on saving
deposits.
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Call at. No. fi Walnut, street, Freeland,
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