VOL. VII. No. 11. I WAS SIKCHED Strange Disappearance of a Rich Pittsburg Man. Followed by Detectives Around the World—Alter Two Yearn' Absence He Arrives at San Francisco—Said To lie Worth Nearly Two Million Dollars. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. l.—Among the passengers who arrived on the Gaelic here was E. M. Byors, a rich iron manuMc turer, of Pittsburg, who came in company with Dr. Samuel A. Boyd, ti physicia i, who has lately been traveling with him. According to the stories circulated Byors had for some time been abroad because of ill health, some say because he was not in his right mind. But another story has it that Bycr's brother, who is his partner n the iron business in Pittsburg, is anxious to keep him abroad, there being a couple of million dollars concerned in it. According U> the story Byors was "Shanghaied" from bis home two years ago. llis wife was in groat grief and besought the brother to give some clew as to her husband's whereabouts. This he would not do. She then engaged detectives, sup plied them plentifully with money, and urged thorn to use every endeavor to find him. They searched throughout the United States without avail. A year ago they succeeded in locating him in Japan. When tho detectives ar rived there, however, Byors was gone. The detectives sent to bring him homo followed him to Australia, China and tho Hawaiian islands. The sick man was finally followed back to Japan. Tho wife's detectives discovered by this time that Byer's brother had been using detectives, and furthermore that he hail a doctor en gaged to travel with the missing man. Necessary legal papers were procured and Mrs. Dyers' detectives took tho invalid in charge and started back with him. Ail went well till they reached Honolulu. There tho detectives employed by the brother attempted to prevent them from coming any further. They succeeded in getting away, however, and there was no more trouble until liyors and tho detec tives arrived hero. After some trouble betwoen detectives representing the different interests, Dyers was taken east ou the overland, tnw.irciug t.he efforts of his brother, who was trying to get out a habeas corpus. Mrs. Dyers h i \ her husband takeu from her in a peculiar way and by the same brother, lie had j been spirited away, and she had found him ami was attending him in his illness. She stepped from the room for a moment, and when she returned he was gone. Tno doc tor in attendance bad been bought over by tho brother, it is charged, and he, with ti.o attendants, disappeared with the patient. Mr. Byors, the kidnapped man, who has been so long abroad, iH said to be worth between SI,UUO,UUO am\, $2,040,000. He is interested in extensive iron works at both Pittsburg and Philadelphia, and is the possessor of much other property. RIOT IN A MINING CAMP. Six Men Killed ami Several Women Wounded. PlTTsnuna, Aug. I. At a mining camp named Yule, seven miles east of Pittsburg, a row started in a saloon run by Tom Doss, a colored tough from this city, where a lot of negro miners had congreg ted prior to going out to try some now Wiueho.ter rilles they had purchased. Doss was killed and several wounded, and the figut continued outside, drawing into battle men and women alike. A report has just rouchod hero that six men were killed outright and seven men and eight women wounded, some oi them mortally. Tho row was among the Ala bama colored miners imported here l.ist year t.o take tho places of the strikers, among whom are ex-convicts and crimi nals of vicious character. Woman Suicide Identified. ORANGE, N. J., Aug. I.—The woman who committed suicide here by drinking oxalic acid has been identified as Mrs. Daniel Bradley, of 74 South Twelfth street, Newark. The identification was made by the woman's son and daughter. She was formerly an inmate of the Essex county insane asylum and was discharged on the 7th of July. She was sent to tho asy lum for melancholia. She hud attempted Buicide once before. Duel to tho Death. NEW ORLEANS, Aug. I.—W. G. Ran dolph, perish treasurer of East Baton Rouge, and one of tho most prominent men in politics and society in that parisu, was shot and mortally wounded here by Dr. King Holt, city physician, who stands equally high in the business, political and social circles of the capital. Jlolt received bullet through the lug. Bad blood had existed between the men for some time. Street Railroad Sold. ATTLKDORO, Mass., Aug. I.—The Attle boro, North Attleboro& Wrentham street railway, which has been in the hands of the receiver and closed for the past six months, was privately sold to tho United Traction company, of Providence. Tho price paid is not stated. It is expected tout the lino will be opened ut once under the old management. Killed by a Quarry Explosion. CHICAGO, Aug. I.—One man was killed, and two were fatally and several others seriously injured by an explosion of dyna mic at the quarries of Dolose & Shepard in Hawthorne yesterday. Tho man killed fs said to IHJ F. Corbin, the superintend ent of the quarries. What caused the ex plosion is not known. To Study Popocatepetl. CITY OF MEXICO, Aug. I.—A party of scientists will leave this city to-day to make a topographical and geological study of the volcano Popocatepetl, in the state of Puebla. The party goes by request of President Diaz, in view of attempts by nu American comnany to purchase the fuouutain. J'irst NiKlit of tlio Light. The electric light was turned on last evening for the first time, and the streets inside the old borough limits were brilliantly lit up all night. The com pany pushed the work for the past week, and were ready just in time to commence lighting on the date of the contract. With the exception of a few minutes at 8.30 and at 10.45 o'clock, when light was turned oil to remedy some slight defects in the machinery, the light burned steadily and the people of town were well satisfied with the new system. The campany expects to he ready to do com mercial lighting in about a week. A large number of people came to town to see whether the light would he a success or not. A shower, however, camo up at 8 o'clock and dispersed the crowd. The Public park was lit up with the light, and was crowded with people who assembled to listen to the concert to be given by the St. Patrick's cornet band. Only a few selections had been played when the rain began. After the Homlsmen. A petition for a writ of mandamus was | filed in court on Monday in the case of j Kckley B. Coxe ot al against Patrick ! McKcnna, Coy Brislin anil John Coslello, 1 auditors of llazle township. The rela tors claim they own property valued at ! $210,000 and gin which they pay taxes amounting to $2,160.09, that tho super visors of tho township have failed to ! settle for their account, John Struck owing $3,459.33 and Wm. Carter $3,802.- 85; that the auditors refuse to proceed against the supervisors or their bonds-j men, and that the plaintiffs arc thereby compelled to pay taxes which would bo unnecessary if said bonds were collected ' and the proceeds applied uponjthe debts ; of said township. An alternate mandamus was awarded, returnable September 3. A Pleasant Party. -ft the opera bouse last evening a party was given by the young ladies of town in honor of Miss Lizzie Ruddy, of Plains, who is the guest of the Misses McLaughlin, of the Points. The opera liouso was crowded with friends of Free land and vicinity and llazleton and the South Side, and a most pleasant evening was spent by all who attended. ; A very pretty march was led by Miss I Ruddy and Patrick Dever. DePierro's 1 orchestra supplied the music. School Hoard Mooting. At a meeting of the borough school : board last evening it was decided that, i at least one verse of the bible shall be rend in all the schools every morning of the next term. The salary of Secretary Shelhamer was increased from SSO to SOS t per year, anil s]() additional was allowed him for making out duplicate. Tho I salary of Miss Ella Gillespie, of tho P. primary school, which was fixed at $45 j per month when the appointments were j made, was reduced to $35. A Former lluzlutoniuu .Shot. William Bright, proprietor of Geneseo Oil Works, of Buffalo, was shot on Sun- ' day by a former employe named Mur ray, and diod on Tuesday morning. Mr. ! Bright was liorn in Poltsville, and j moved to llazleton in 1875, where lie' was engaged in the wholesale hardware ami oil business for several years. A few years ago ho went to Buffalo. Ho was married to Miss Ida Dryfoos, of llazleton. KincH Getting Down to work. Congressman llineshas introduced a joint resolution in the house asking the secretary of war to donate a cannon to Maj. C. B. Coxe Post, of this place, and one to Gaybord Post, of Plymouth, for use in dedicating their monuments, lie has also introduced a hill to give S4O a month pension to the widow of General W. 11. McCartney, of Wilkes- Bar re. DEATHS. TURNER.—At Upper Lehigh, July 30, John Turner, aged 43 years, 3 months and 22 days. Interment yesterday at Upper Lehigh cemetery. Albert. Com Ins Hack. The original Refowich is coming hack to Freeland with the greatest stock of bargains the people have ever seen. All home-made goods, which will be sold at the prices others ask for ready-made clothing. Minneapolis In Dry Dock. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. I.—The crack new cruiser Minneapolis met with the same fate as her sister ship—tho Columbia, when she grounded in the Delaware river, and the new flyer has three dents in her bottom. The Minneapolis was placed in tho dry dock at League Island navy yard. No Cholera at Marseilles. PARIS, Aug. I.—The mayor of Marseilles ofllcialiy denies that cholera is epidemic in that city. Ho says that tho death rate is no higher now than it lias been for two years, and that quarantine against tho | city is unjustifiable. I " Old newspapers for sale. FREELAND, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1894. HIGHLAND DOTS. The report connecting the Oliver hoys with a murder at Duryea, we are pleased to note, is not true. It appears that one of them, James, became involved in a quarrel at that place, but it did not amount to much, and was not taken part in by his brothers. None of the partici pants were hurt any, and it was such a small affair that no arrests were made. The numerous friends of the young men hero are gratified to know that the stories published after the quarrel oc cured were entirely false. John Dulas, a miner in No. 2 slope, had a leg badly injured on Saturday, lie was firing a blast with a short squib and before lie reached a place of safety the shot went off and the flying coal struck him. He was taken to Ha/.leton hospital. Al. Seitz has sent in his resignation as locie engineer at No. 3 stripping and in a few days will bo employed by the Traction Company as a motorman. Michael Murrin is preparing to build a residence on Washington street, Free- i land. Nelson Mowery, wife and family, of! Teasdalo, this county, were visiting I relatives here on Tuesday. John McGill, who has been at Scranton i on a visit, returned home. A young blacksmith arrived al the ! residence of Patrick Clark last week, j Mother and child are doing well. Miss Annie Canty has returned home from a brief visit among Duryea friends. The new stripping is making progress j at present. Several breasts have been driven through to it from No. 1 slope. Our base ball club has not made many i attempts to gain honor on the ball field j this season. Two days is the amount of time the! collieries will work here this week. I Some of our young men who go hunt- 1 ing in the woods about town in the ' evenings should he very careful where they shoot. The brush is full of child-i reu picking berries about that time, and , an accident that would injure them would scarcely be excuseable. UPPER LEHIGH NOTES. John Turner, an old and respected resident of this place, died on Monday after an Illness of over a year. He was 43 years of ago. The funeral services were held at the residence of David P. Jones and were conducted by Revs. J. W. Bischoll and C. A. Spanlding. In terment was made yesterday at Upper Lehigh cemetery. A shooting match took place here on j Monday evening between Gus and James Urchin, Richard Dudley and Con rad Brehm. Ten birds a side was shot at, the two former killing four and the latter killed one. David Jones, of Plymouth, is in town visiting friends and relatives. A now engine house has been erected at No. 0 slope. Last evening this place was largely represented at the social held in the Freeland opera house. So far work is being carried on steadi ly at the collieries under this company, J. Barasch and family, of Freeland, have taken quarters at Upper I.ehigh hotel, where they will remain for three weeks. Mr. Barasch will enter the wholesale jewelry business in New York city on September 1. BASE BALL POINTS. Next Sunday's game should be one of the most interesting of the season. Mahanoy City club is very anxious to defeat the Tigers, and they have secur ed the very best players in the upper part of Schuylkill county to assist them. The home team is getting itself in good condition for the occasion, and it ought to provo an exciting contest. The game will commence at 3 p. m. Admission, 15 cents; ladies, 10 cents. At a late hour last night Scranton decided to leave the State league and fill Troy's place in the Fasten. Scranton will find itself in company that will make it play ball to hold the position, second, it lias been given. Provodence leads the league and Wilkes-Barro is third. Shenandoah takes Scranton's place in the State league. ■ Larry Kettrick, of Scranton, who is well-known here, is counted one of the best umpires in the Eastern league. The State league was too small for a man i of his ability. Harrisburg left here on Monday morn ing and went to Scranton, where they played the same kind of a game as they 1 tlid hero on Sunday. They were defeat ed, 12 to S. The spectators hooted them from the beginning to the end of the game for their reckless playing. Ap pearances indicate that there is some thing "queer" in the Harrisburg club's work lately. Pennsylvania's Coal Statistics. Th aggregate production of anthracite coal in Pennsylvania last year was 47,- 179,5(13 tons, an increase of 1,444,189 tons over that of the preyious years. Luzerne stands at the head of anthracite coal producing counties, and the quantity mined in it last year was 18,253,144 tons, or more than one-third of the total out put. Lackawanna ranked second, with a production of 11,007,550 tons, Schuyl kill produced 9,992,085 tons, Northum berland, 731,404, and Carbon 1,510,289. The quantity of anthracite mined in Dauphin, Cambria, Sullivan and Susque hanna last year was much leBS than in the previous year, the number of tons aggreating 2,025,088. The number of men employed in the anthracite region increased from 129,797 in 1892 to 138,021 in 1893. The average annual production of anthracite coal per man was as follows during the past five years: 1893,342 tons; 1892, 352 tons; 1.891, 300 tons; 1890, 281 1889, 242 tons. The following table shows the number of fatal accidents in the anthracite and bituminous regions for the past five years: 181)3 1808 18111 1801) 1880 Anthracite.... 455 300 427 378 381 Bituminous... 131 133 237 143 105 The percentage of fatal and non-fatal accidents accord ing to the ntimberof men employed the past five years in the an thracite region was as follows: Fatal accidents, 1893, 1 to 303 employes; 1892, 1 to 387; 1891, 1 to 288; 1890, 1 to 312. Non-fatal accidents, 1893, 1 to 129 em ployes; 1892, 1 to 127; 1891, 1 to 122;1890, 1 to 110; 1889, 1 to 120. Last year the production of bituminous coal in this state was 43,421,50S tons, as compared with 4(i,57(1,570 tons the previous year. The number of persons employed in the industry was increased from 75,750 in 1.592 to 81,800 in 1803, but the men were not as regularly employed last as the previous year. The average annual prouduction of bituminus coal per man for the past live years was as follows: 1803, 531 tons; 1892, 590 tons; 1891, 504 tons; 1890, 009 tons; 1889, 595 tons. Drank Whisky ami Died. Connors Patch, situated near Girard ville, was the scene of a strange and most distressing tragedy on Tuesday. From an overdose of whisky accidentally secured, James, the seven-year -old son of I'idward Monaghan, lost his life, while I'.ddie, his five-year-old brother, now lies in a precarious condition from the samo cause. The hoys had been playing in the garret and aeeidently found a quart bottle of whisky which was being kept for medicinal purposes. The youngsters emptied the bottle be tween them, and when their mother arrived upon the scene she was horrified to find her two boys lying in an uncon scious condition, while the empty whisky bottle not far off told her the story. A physican was at once summoned, but his efforts were unavailing; the older boy dying in the afternoon. Prohibitionists Are Working. On September 0 a monster meeting of Prohibitionists of the Rtate will bo held at Wilkes-Barre on the occasion of the fifth annual meetingof Prohibitionists of Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming, Sul livan, Lackawanna, Carbon, Monroe, Schuylkill, Columbia, Bradford anil Luzerne counties. The speakers will be Hon. Samuel Dickie, chairman of the national committee; Charles L. Hawley, candidate of govermor; E. J. Wheeler, of Now York, and other prominent men. County Convention on August as. A meeting of the Democratic county committee was held at Wilkes-Barro on Tuesday, eleven of the eighteen members being present. After some discussion, as some of the committeemen wanted it held earlier, it was decided' to hold the county convention on Tuesday, August 28, and the delegate election on August 25. Congressman Itines and a few of the candidates were present and said the situation was encouraging. Controller Out or Olllce. The rule granted by Judge Lynch on the controller a few days ago to show cause why the office should not be vacated was returned Saturday. The court said the supreme court had declared the law uuconstitutioal and that there was nothing more to be done in the matter—that the controller was ousted. This ends the matter, it is understood, and the controller and his office for the present is a thing of the past. PLEASURE CALENDAR. August s.—Base ball, Tigers vs. Maha nov City, at Tigers Athletic Park, at 3 p. m. Admission, 15 cents; ladies, 10 cents. August 18.—Picnic of the Fearnots Ath letic Association, at Drifton ball park. August 18.—Picnic of Tigers Athletic Club, at Freeland Public nark. August 31.—Second annual ball of Divi sion 0, A. O. H., at Freeland opera house. Admission, 50 cents. I Advertise in the TRIBUNE. BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS. PARAGRAPHS GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE REGION. Synopsis of Local and MiscellaneoitH Oc currences That Can 110 Kca