THE GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.
Why New York Wants Next
Year's Convention in May.
Mackaj Was Not a Suicide—Scheme for
an American Protectorate Over China
—Entries for the Prealdental ltace
—Auother Vanderhllt Marriage.
COPYRIGHT. 1896.
New York wants tlio national re
publican convention in May. The May
date suits the Mor
ton men very well.
The idea original-
SB iiy dln Pennsylvania
■B mM' with Matt Quay. He
BP seems to be afraid
H M A\ that some new ele-
II vviSoll / ment may be intro-
U lrffllir duced into the situ
ation, and that llar
rlson will get more |
HAYSEED AND ME- votes on the first
THOPOLIB. ballot than would :
be safe. With two such powerful states
as New York and Pennsylvania uniting
for the May date, there is little doubt
of the result. The ulliance of the two
big commonwealths is alarming the
rest of the republicans. The Allison !
men do not like it at all. They accuse j
Piatt of being in the carefully-guarded j
scheme of springing Hastings as a dark \
horse in case Morton is found a loser—
hence the "hayseed combine," as New
Yorkers term it, for the purpose of
breaking the backbone of the metro
politan alliance. If May be selected it
will mean that the convention is to be
held east of the Mississippi. West of
the river would mean the nomination of
Allison, or perhaps McKinley. The
Hastings people have certainly ar
ranged their dark-horse campaign very
adroitly. There Is no doubt whatever
that if Morton be not nominated by the
fourth ballot New York's vote will go to
the governor of the Keystone state.
Macityana.
The new heir to the Mackay millions, !
Clarence, is well known to New York
ers. He Is not so w. }
much the apple of ff |
his father's eye as
the unf )/
dead boy was.
Clarence is a brave, Jj j
high-spirited boy, s* L
and for a Mackay / j
has the unusual /
trait of preferring -s>■
to live in his own A MACKAY MISIIAP.
country. At the same time, he spends
much time abroad. Curiously enough
Clarence has sustained severe injuries
from his horses. The Mackays are
very fond of high spirited steeds but
they cannot manage them very well.
Equine mishaps are known as distinct
ively Mackay accidents. A silly story
went about the clubs when the news of
young Mackay's extraordinary death
was current. John W. Mackay, Jr., was
a suitor for Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt'a
hand. Her parents would not hear of
his suit, however, and the young man
went away to Europe very much cast
down. The peculiar coincidence of his
speedy death, and that through the in
ctrumentality of an unusual accident,
led to a suspicion of suicide. The pre
posterous hypothesis was seriously en
tertained until full details came, and
then it was seen that a conclusion was
being jumped at. Young Clarence
Mackay will soon return to this coun
try at his father's request.
Ntevennoirn Visit.
The visit of the vice president to New
York is known to possess great polit- 1
fical significance.
There is no denying
that Mr. Stevenson
is, in the matter of
the presidency, the
frog who would n
wooing go. At the
same time Mr. Ste
venson never loses j
sight of the dignity j
of his office in the
acceptiveness of his i
candidacy. lie had
several interviews |
with the Tammany
"**l men during his New |
BTEVENSON. York sojourn, and
even Mr. Whitney exchanged views
with him. That he will cut a figure
|n the balloting next year goes without
saying, but Mr. Stevenson is much
fkverse to having much of his support j
como from Tammany, in the belief that
that will hurt him. It is not impossi- '
ble that the administration will come
put for Stevenson in the event of his j
metamorphosis from a wooing frog to ,
a dark horse. The impression that Mr.
Cleveland now antagonizes Mr. Steven- !
son is erroneous. To-day they arc be
soming rather warm friends. It used j
to be said of a vice president that no
pne ever heard of him after election.
But Mr. Stevenson has given the adage j
the lie. Few men in political life, in
deed, have quite the extent of unobtru- |
live personal influence enjoyed by him. !
It is by no means impossible that he i
will get second place on the ticket, if
not the first.
A OleHtlal Scheme.
China wants this country to assume |
ft protectorate over her. This is the
latest New York
development in a
curious interna- 5?" jp
tional situation. * •
The Chinese minis- j i
ter here and tho P §
leading financiers
of Wall street have *3 -
been in consulta-
tion on the subject ft A !p
of rehabilitation of • r
the celestial em- _ £
pi re. Money must j?
be forthcoming for A CHINESE SEC RET.
the attainment of this end. Tho idea
|s to overhaul China, build roads and j
factories there and put the country on ;
Its feet, commercially, through Ameri
can enterprise. But Americans want !
some sort of guarantee, and China of- j
toial* ia tli<- sl.aj e 9f an American pro-
tectorate. John W. Foster has the pow
er to speak for the Chinese government
! in the business, and the celestial rulers
i arc not unwilling, because they fear
j their country's dismemberment by Eu
ropean powers. There is now passing
between high international function
aries correspondence on the subject.
This correspondence is of so estoric a
nature that it is carried on in Chinese
cipher, and, it may be the basis of im
portant developments before long. It
would be a splendid thing for certain
American speculators were this pro
tectorate established, but it is not lilce
i ly that the people will regard it favor
| ably.
Eighty Years.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton's 80th birth
day anniversary will be a metropolitan
r ~ -] event. It is to be
■: I celebrated in a few
L" days, and the octo-
I genarlan will re
fcelve her friends in
home in honor of
the occasion. She
torian longevity to
the fact that she
nightcap and
leaves her window
open when she goes
now TO BE 80. to bed. The same
procedure, she avers, will enable any
one, man or woman, to live even longer
than that venerable number of years.
Mrs. Stanton feels quite sure that she
will yet attain her 100 th year, provided
nothing happens to the nightcap and
no impediment is put in the way of the
opening of the window. Nightcaps and
windows are, in truth, matters of al
most as much moment to this states
[ woman as woman suffrage itself. She
is remarkably hale and vigorous, even
if she does not saw a cord of wood ev
ery morning before breakfast and
walk 30 miles a day. lier ideas on the
subject of longevity are of unique
value; and as all the Stantons attain a
green old age and nightcaps have been
worn in the family for generations,
and windows left open, too, she ought
to know what she is talking about.
A Dut-hena Now.
j The Cornelius Vanderbilts are deter
mined that the wedding of their daugh
j tor Gertrude to
! young Moses Van- M
(lerbilt shall entire- AMJBL
ly eclipse the
borough aff air
They by no
like the glamor \\
shed by the latter VlrrV//
nuptials upon what
they deem a
younger branch of
the house. Miss .-yj
Gertrude will wed
ior from her fa
ther's house. The
details of the func- g
tion have been de- A DUCHESS NOW.
ferred in order to ullow the Marlbor
ough pyrotechnics to subside and fizzle
out. The grandeur of the occasion is
intended to throw all metropolitan
marriages into utter eclipse. The
slight feeling already existing between
tho Vanderbilt cousins has been accent
uated by the hauteur of the duchess of
Marlborough, who ho# shown a ten
dency to look down upon plain Miss
Vanderbilt. Be all this us it may, the
rivalry between the two houses is the
topic of the hour. An episode of the
ducal ulliance was the objection of the
W.K. Vanderbilt boy to the huge dowry
of the duchess, which has materially
cut into their patrimony. Mr, W. K.
himself is understood to have first
brought this matter up. The duke got
$3,000,000 cash, and the duchess will get
SIO,OOO more. The latter's two broth
ers thus have quite a slice cut out of
their inheritance, and the Vandcrbilt's
generally object.
DAVID WECHSLER.
LABRADOR LUXURIES.
The I.uflclou* Tierrlc* of the Far North
ern Land.
In spite of latitude and arctic cur
rent, Labrador is the home of much
that is delicious in the berry world.
Even the outlying islands furnish tho
curlewberry and bakeapple in pro
fusion; and upon the mainland, in the
proper month, September, a veritable
feast awaits one. Three varieties of
i blueberries, huckleberries, wild red
currants, having a pungent aromatic
! flavor unequalod by tho cultivated va
rietics; marshberries, raspberries, tiny
; white capillaireteaberries, with a flavor
| like some rare perfume and having just
a faint suggestion of wiutergreen;
, squash berries, pearberries, and curlew
berries, the latter not so grateful as the
| others, but a prime fuvorite with the
j Esquimaux; and, lastly, the typical
Labrador fruit, which, excepting a few
scattering plants in Canada anrl New
foundland, is found, I believe, nowhere
outside of the peninsula—the gorgeous
| bakeapple.
| These cover the entire coast from the
| Kt. Lawrence to Ungava. Their beau-
I tiful geranium-like leaves struggle
j with the reindeer moss upon the islands,
carpet alike the low valleys and the
highest hilltops, and even peep from
banks of everlasting snow. Only one
berry grows upon each plant, but this
; one makes a most delicious mouthful.
It is the size and form of a large dew
berry, but the color is a bright crim
son when half ripe and a golden yellow
at maturity. Its taste is sweetly acid,
it is exceedingly juicy, and so delicate
that it might bo thought impossible to
preserve it. Yet the natives do pre
serve it with all the freshness and
original flavor throughout the entire
winter, merely by covering it with
fresh water and heading it up tightly
in car>k.s or barrels.—Outing.
Large coal deposits have been found
in fiuderoe, one of the Faroe islands. A
French company is going to work them,
having obtained a concession from the
Danish government.
ATTACKED BY ROBBERS.
THUGS PLY THEIR TRADE IN THE
VICINITY OF MILNESVILLE.
On Thursday Evening "Salem" Dougher
ty Was Waylaid and Ills Watch and
Money Were Stolen—An Unknown Man
AHttaulted the Same Night.
The gang of thugs who have of late
chosen the territory surrounding Latti
mor and Milnesville as the scene of their
operations, notwithstanding the vigil
ance of the authorities, have not yet
been brought within the province of the
law. At about 7.30 o'clock on Thurs
day evening, according to the Hazleton
l'lun Speaker, as a young man named
Smith was working in his father's stable,
he heard some one say outside, to the
rear, "I havo no money and can't give
you any; if I had, I would." Immedi
ately afterward, there was a scuffle, two
or three shots were fired, and a man was
hoard to uttor cries for help. Young
Smith, fearing to venture out, but fully
realizing that a fight or disturbance of
some nature had occurred, rushed to the
house and related the circumstances to
his father. The latter at once went for
help. A party was organized and a
search commenced. Behind Smith's
stable, after searching the place with
the aid of lanterns, a plug hat, with two
holes on each side, and blood stains in
each one, was picked up. Blood was
also discovered on the ground. The hat
gave evidence of some struggle. The
finding of the blood-stained hat gave the
searching party an intimation that some
one had boon victimized in that vicinity
and the man who wore the hat was then
looked for. But after a careful investi
gation, no traces of the person wero
found.
The man assaulted, it is supposod,
stopped from the electric car at 7 or 7.30
o clock, and then made for his home at
Hollywood. Because it was pay day at
that place that day, a gang of fellows,
who are thought to havo committed as
saults of this kind before and who are
supposed to lio in wait regularly every
day for the commission of such offonses
as these, secluded themselves along the
road, bent on holding up whomever they
suspected of carrying money. At half
past seven it is pitch dark and when
this man walked past the spot where the
gang was secluded they jumped out—
there are supposed to have been threo
fellows—and commanded him to stand,
with "hands up." As the man had no
money, which young Smith hoard him
say, the gang evidently became enraged,
and, to avoid detection, assaultod him.
It is not known who the man is.
This does not end the night's record.
Shortly afterward, "Salem" Dougherty,
of Milnesville, was made a victim of the
same follows, it is surmised. Mr. Dough
erty, who workod all day, strolled out
after supper toward the Mountain
House, and while returning he fell Into
the hands of the highway robbers, who
mistook him possibly for a man from
Hollywood. Before lie had time to cry
for help, ho was struck on the head with
some blunt instrument, felling him to
the ground. Having been beaten into
souii-insonsibilty, the thieves ransacked
his pockets, stole his money and his
watch and then ran away. Ho was
found some time afterward, and taken
to his homo in Milnesville, where, after
recovering from the strain, ho was ablo
to state what had happened.
Another searching party was organized
and the surrounding country scoured for
the robbers, but they had fled and wore
out of reach. Mr. Dougherty Is a well
known gentleman of Milnesville. A
vigorous investigation will bo made to
apprehend, if possible, this gang of
thugs.
A Post Otlice Notice.
In a circular issued by the first assis
tant postmaster general mention is
made of the approching holiday season
and the number of extra packages that
are sent to the dead letter office because
of the insufficiency of the postage, or be
cause they are not adtnissable to the
mail. The public is cautioned in the
circular to inquire at the postollice if in
doubt.
The circular further states that sealed
packages require letter rates, and that
packages unsealed, with writing on the
inside in the naturo of correspondence,
and require the same rate. Under the
postal rules certain articles of merchan
dise, sealed or unsealed to foreign coun
tries, are sent to the dead letter offlco
unless fully prepaid at the foreign lotter
rate, and many articles of merchandise
are absolutely prohibited transmission in
the mails.
TOO EARLY TO TELL.
"There is certainly a strong odor of
tobacco. Does that policeman smoke?"
"1 don't know, mum; he only died
last week."—Life.
_ Ladles, the. best-fitting and most
stylish shoe in the market is the Vision,
sold at £2. Can be had only at the Wear
Well, Eberts' old stand.
Advertise In tho TRIBUNE.
QWe
respectfully
exhibited.
AT A Tci iKS ! Watches !
181 c Gold Ladies' Watch - sl6 to S3O
14k Gold Ladies' Watch - $23 to SSO
14k Gold Filled Watch - sl2 to $25
DIA MOM) ltlXfis!
Diamonds and Emeralds.
Diamonds and Opals.
Diamonds and Sapphires.
DIAMOND EAR RINGS, All the latest novelties in sterl
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FUNIS AND sors> j holograph Frames, Nail
LOCEKTS. Polishers, etc. All goods guar
anteed to be strictly as repre
sented. \\ e carry the largest assortment of Jewelry to be
found in the city. Our prices are just the kind to suit you,
and we assure you of thorough satisfaction.
Y. H. NITSCHE,
116 W. Broad Street, Hazleton.
PORTRAITS
J_ Christmas will soon be here. You will need a por
trait of some kind to give to your relative or friend.
We Ave Making Them
at all prices from $3.50 upwards. Our $3.50 crayon,
liixllO, with white and gold frame, is very good indeed.
J)on t give your small photographs to strangers, but
bring them to us, where you can rely upon the work and
he sure of getting satisfaction.
11. IBM, fill Will,
WEST liltO AD STREET, HAZLETON.
DRIFTON ITEMS.
All the D. S. & S. engines, from No. 1
to No. 11, inclusive, and from No. 16 to
No. 2D, inclusive, are working steadily.
Nos. 12,13, 14 and 15, which wero among
the first on the road, are about played
out and are not in active service now.
The demand for motive power is so
great that the engines on tho Amboy
run are sent out on tho short run as
soon as soon as they return from every
trip.
Edward O'Donnell, tho popular book
keeper in the company store, is receiv
ing congratulations upon tho announce
ment of his coming marriage to Miss
Uosino O'Donnell, of Freeland. The
ceremony will take place on December
18.
The new time table of the D. S. & S.
is not so satisfactory to tho patrons of
the road as tho late one was. Tho dis
continuance of the 12.00 train from
here brought fortli many complaints.
Tho vacancy in tho foundry depart
ment of tho shops, caused by tho removal
of Charles Ginder as foreman, has been
filled by tho appointment of C. W. Bar
ton, of Freeland, to the position.
Rev. .T. P. Buxton fillod a pulpit in
Brooklyn yesterday, and Rev. C. Twing,
of that city, took his place in St. Jame*'
church.
SIOO R©rrard, SIOO.
The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least one
dreaded diseaeo that science has been
able to cure in all its stages and that is
catarrh. Hall's cAtarrh cure is the only
positive care now known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a constitu- '
tional diaeaao requires a constitutional
treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken
internally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation of
tho disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work.
The proprietors have so much faith in
its curative powers, that they offer one
hundred dollars for any case that it faiis
to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address,
F, J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0.
K2TSold by druggists, 75c.
Only reliable goods at the Wear Well
Shoo Ilouso.
Advertise your wants in the TRIBUNE
It pays every time.
1 THE UNIVERSAL I
[j§j 30 East Braad—29-31 East Mine, Hazleton. fig
1 Out ANNUAL NOVEMBER
|l Sale of Dress Goods, Silks, Black Goods, Blankets, Flan- 11
g] nels, Comfortales, Quilts, Etc., brought within easy §n
[g reach of every buyer in Freeland and vicinity. P
I JACKETS & CAPES MILLINERY 1
I 7 We have now on exhibition the Special attractions in cvenj 1
choicest line of garments in this bra nch of the department. E
m d r??? rt ™T. ° be /°T d 111 th !\ CVt y- M elegant line of Tarns. |
[1 The stock is entirely complete, m At 59c-Sailors of superior ana- E
E the matter of styles and sizes, ami < Uty, a gem for the money S|
[g in numbers far excels the best of M 98c-a superior French Felt E
our previous years'collections. < \ Hat, all colors. I]
II Children's Jackets and Gretchens At 98c and up—Trimmed Hats E
[p=J Are included in the stock and in em^ess variety. jgj
U form no small part of the pretty ;• IINnCRUfCAD P]
Is display. The lot comprises the UllllLlllfEftll raj
SJ highest class garments in all the , And Hosiery-a and se- si
jg fashionable materials and newest led stock at less than wholesale flj
[til effects. In the matter of priecs we prices. Extraordinary values in ®
jg guarantee satisfaction to every all qualities for ladies, children P
Sj purchaser—and this means just infants and men. Any garment IMI
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1 ANDREAV J. IIAIRE. 1
The Choice Is Yours
Whether or not you mil have
.<▼> your house built by contractors
<i> who are prepared to do work
that is satisfactory.
Knelly k Fredrick
Contractors and Builders,
will guarantee you a good Job and have the
facilities fordoing any and all kinds of build
ng iii a reasonable time. Wholesale and retail
lumber dealers—the best stocked yard in the
city of Hazleton. All kinds of mill work
promptly attended to.
Agents for Adnment Wall Plaster and Key
stone Calcined Plaster, which will be sold to
contractors at factory prices.
Yard and office, cor. Pine ami Hollv streets.
Long distance telephone. HAZLETON, PA.
J. F. BARBER & GO.
120 W. Broad St., Hazleton.
Dealer:; in Stoves, Tinware, House
Furnishing Goods. Roofing, Cor
nice Work, Mine Supplies.
JOBBERS OF GROCERS' SUNDRIES.
ALEX. SHOLLACK,
BOTTLER.
Eee;r, X=crter, "Wine,
and. Xjiq.-u.ors.
Cor. Wa inut and Washington streets, Freeland.
_ GEORGE FISHER,
dealer in
FRESH BEEF, PORK, VEAL,
MUTTON, BOLOGNA,
SMOKED MEATS,
ETC., ETC.
Call at. No. 6 Walnut street, Freeland,
>r wait for the delivery wagons.
VERY LOWEST PRICES.
Harness!
Harness!
Light Carriage Harness.
$5.50, $7, $9 and $10.50.
Heavy Express Harness,
$16.60, sl9, S2O and $22.
Heavy Team Harness,
double, $25, S2B and S3O.
GEO. WISE,
Jeddo and Freeland, Pa.
r 1 1 Are the only HIGH GRADE and strict
i ly first class pianos sold direct from
1, the factory to the final buyer.
. . 11 J
Are the only pianos on which you can
save the dealers' profits and enor
mous expenses, agents' salaries and
■ j - | || music teachers' commissions.
II rII ,VI Ki Are the onl y pianos e^rery agrent
II lilili VII ill condemns, for the natura,
■ llflilJilllill <; reason that NO AGENTS are em
= ployed by us.
/
t Are the only pianos which are not sold
111 1 jlT|lfl in a single store in the United
U I II |1 11 % States, because we closed all our
s I I 1 111 1 agencies over a year ago, and now
Jl lilil IIU sell only to the final buyer, at the
- actual cost of production at our
factory. We have no store on
Broad street, but the factory ware-
FAGTORY: room is open every day till 6 p. m.,
CIIKSTNUT STREET, , and Saturday evenings from 7to 10.
BETWEEN
cuu "% h^z mEL '\ Kellmer Piano Co.
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for colds—its fickle and
changes quickly. Prepare
for any change by having
in the house the best value
in neat and stylish
Coats and Capes
that are as well made as***
possible and which are
guaranteed to protect you
during the reign of Jack
Frost. Also
Blankets
that are as full of warmth
asf wool can make them.
Our second shipment has
arrived. They are going
fast. Buy now and secure
a bargain.
P. BROTH,
Mansion House Block, 41 West Broad
Street,
Hazletcn.
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