Freeland Tribune Established 1888. PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY, BY THE TRIBUNE PRINTING COMPANY, LimM OFFICE: MAIS STIIEET ABOVE CESTUI. FREELAND, PA. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One ijßar §1.50 Six Mouths 75 Four Months 50 Two Months '-^5 The date which the subscription is paid to j Is on tne address label of each paper, the ' change of which to u subsequent date be comes a receipt for remittance. Keep the flgu res in advance of the present date, lie port promptly to this office whenever paper la not received. Arrearages must be puid when subscription is discontinued. Make all monty orders, checks, etc,,payable \ to the Tribune Printing Company, Limited. Interest in the coming race for the i America Cup is greater in England 1 than it was in the case of any of the preceding races. Everything con- i spires that it should be so. This year every yachting club in Great Britain •> will be represented at Sandy Hook, and nearly every English and Irish yachtsman of prominence has an nounced his intention of crossing the Atlantic "to see the Shamrock win." A Britisher once jestingly said. "We'll have to go over and whip you, Brother Jonathan," to which Jonathan replied. "What, again?" Within the last thirty years the number of those dependent on public and private charity is rapidly increas I ing. The first thing to do iu dealing ' with the problem is to separate those who are willing to work from those who are unwilling to work. They all profess to want work. If you have a private charity which requires able bodied applicants to work for what they receive that charity is sure to get a bad name among the unemployed, remarked the Rev. Washington Glad den in a recent address. The steady application of a work test by public authorities will gradually sift out the industrious from the idle. Men with a constitutional aversion to work should be committed to workhouses, which should be made training schools j of industry. American farmers own cows to the value of $309,239,993, a sum equal to j more than one-half of the capital of 1 all the national bauks iu the United States. The value of horses owued by farmers iu this country is $152,- j 049,390, or considerably more thau one-fifth of the total United States ; currency, including gold, silver and j paper money in circulation to-day. The value of hogs is $160,272,770, . more than the total amount deposited j in all the savings banks in the country. The value of our mules is $92,302,- ; 090, or more than the assessed value of all property iu the State of Ver mont. The value of our sheep is $67,- j 020,942, or more than the assessed valuation of all property, both person al and real, in the entire State of Del aware. The total value of all these animals is more thau the assessed val uation of all the real and personal property in any State iu the Union, excepting Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Tlio I>H*cen<lanta of Mary Stuart. The English Legitimists aunounco 1 that there are now living 1172 persons who are descendants of Mary Stuart. The list of these is contained in the "Ivaleudar" published by the Legiti mists. Of these 1172 persons no less than 017 have better claims to the throne than Queen Victoria, for the latter enjoys only a "parliamentary title," and the Legitimists do not re- < cognize "the people." Queen Vic- j tona is a descendant of Mary Stuart; but inasmuch as she represents the I female line and traces hack her title through James I's daughter Elizabeth, and holds the throne by virtue of the act of Parliament which excluded the exiled male line, the Legitimists re- ' gard her as a "usurper." He ml Men Have JJijjlit*. In California the precedent has been established iu the case of O'Donuell vs. Slack that a dead man has certain rights which cannot bo disputed. It has been decided that neither the Probate Court nor the personal repre sentative. of a deceased person has any right to see the corpse, or to con trol the manner of its disposal for in terment, unless testamentary provision is made for such disposal. The Wear ih.i Tear. "I suppose you feel that you have a great aeal of fighting on your hands," remarked the noneornbatant Tagal. "No," answered the leader of the Fili pino retreat, "we don't notice it on our hands so much; hut it's pretty hard on our feet." —Washington S f ,ar. A Good Idea. A good plan to dispose of magazines aHd illustrated papers after tiiey have been read at home is to send them to the firemen at the nearest engine house. The time between alarms hangs heavy and reading matter never come? amiss. The superiority of some men Is mere ly local. They ar© crreat, because their ttsociates are llttit>.-—Tolmson. WIiIMMWMHIfIMHMIBKMBMIHIIIIIUIIIIMHM | TljE MOUNTAIN FEUDS 1 OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. I Si § H Kg |p Causes of tire Entity Between the Baker || ifc and Howard Families. iff m i IllSliiliiilillillMiliillilliHiilKilM ! MANCHESTER, Ky. (Special).—The condition of things in Clay County, where the Bakers have sworn to anni hilate the whole Howard and White families, bears such a close re semblance to anarchy that the best , citizens have asked Governor Bradley to put the county under martial law and suppress the bloody feud at the j point of the bayonet. The feeling iu Kentucky is that the fair name of the State is blackened by the spectacle of three of her large families going into the assassination ; business on a wholesale scale. ! The Baker-Howard feud, while one of the youngest in Eastern Kentucky, ; is one of the most bitter ever waged It was all about a S4O spring wagon that had not been paid for that the feud started. "Tom" Baker had gone Into partnership with Israel and i Carter Howard to raft logs on shares. Heese Murray held a judg ment for the spring wagon against | James B. and "Bal" Howard. Murray ' offered the judgment at a low price to Baker, and Baker bought it. This enraged the Howards, and quarrels followed when Baker tried to collect the money. j Israel Howard and "Tom" Baker met one day at a log pit. Hot words j followed and Baker drew a revolver | and jumped behind u fence post. How ard drew his revolver and took the] other side of the post. They tired around the post at each other until their pistols were empty. Israel's fifth shot was fired over the top of the post and the bullet hit Baker iu the back of the neck, producing a flesh wound. Baker fell on the op i posite side of the fence and Israel fired his last shot at him through the fence, producing a slight flesh wound in the abdomen. Some time after from an ambush If—li 1 ~ J * I jr (, I t MRS. TOM BAKER. (She Is trainiog her sons to avenge their father's murder.) "Bal" Howard, who was riding a spirited young stallion and carrying a Winchester, was struck in the back at the first fire, but managed to hold on to his fleeing horse. The next volley struck Burch Store and knocked him off his horse. The bullet broke his neck and he was dead when he touched the ground. Wilson Howard fell off his horse, shot through the s hips. "Bal" Howard escaped to Wilson Howard's house. Two of the attacking party then went back to where the men lay on the road, and shot them both with explosive bnllets, which tore their bodies to pieces. Wilson Howard lived long enough to tell that it was "Tom" Baker and I Charles Wooton who fired tfie explo sive bullets. When James B. Howard heard that his brother was killed and that his father was shot badly, he armed him- Belf and rode at a gallop to the scene. At the store of A. L. Howard he A. B. HOWARD, LEADER OF THE HOWARD FACTION, AND HIS WOMEN FOLKS. found a crowd, some of whom had come after the grave clothes of Wilson Howard and Burch Store. James as sisted in selecting them, and was 011 the point of leaving when George W. • "aker rode up. Without stopping to consider that this was the one man in Clay County whC never earried a pistol, young Howard leveled bis weapon and fired a bullet into the old man's abdomen, producing almost instant death. Re alizing that it would now be war to the knife, James mounted his horse and rode away to the home of relatives in Harlan County. There was a re ward of $250 offered for Howard's ar rest, and he surrendered to a kinsman so that the man might get the reward, and came with him to Manchester, where he was turned over to the proper officers. He was released on bail. Sheriff B. P. White, Jr., summoned one hundred deputies to arrest the THE RENDEZVOUS OF THE BAKERS IN THE KENTUCKY MOUNTAINS. Bakers, and they were brought in for examining trials before County Judge J. W. Wright. The trials lasted three days. The Howards swore to seeiug the Bakers do the shooting, but the Bakers proved by their witnesses that they were five miles away at the time of the shooting, and Judge Wright dismissed the Bakers from custody. On the day after the trial, "Sid" Baker, a son-in-law of "Bal" Howard, but no kin to George Baker's sons, overtook Charles Wooton, who was said to have shot Burch Store. They rode side by side for a quarter of a mile, trying to get the "drop" on each other. Finally they both drew their revolvers almost at the same time. "Sid" shot from behind his back as he drew the weapon from the scabbard. Both men rolled off their horses, and as they lay in the road emptied their pistols at each other. "Sid" Baker rode off unhurt, while Wooton, wounded in the back dragged himself into the brush, where he was found by one of the Bakers and taken home, where he died. William L. White, a brother to the former Sheriff, waß soon afterward met by "Tom" Baker, who shot him in the abdomen and killed him. For this murder, and on the chnrge of killing Wilson Howard and Burch Store, "Tom" Baker was arrested, an indictment, which included several of his brothers, having been found. Upon motion tbe trials were transferred to the Knox County Court at Barbours ville. The town of Manchester, the headquarters of the feud, was in a con dition of such lawlessness that tho Gov ernor sent several companies of State militia from Lexington to the scene. They were charged with the duty of taking the Baker prisoners to the Court House at Barboursville, and also of protecting them from the murderous intentions of the Howards and the Whites. They garrisoned the Baker house. Ou all sides lurked Howards aud Whites, many of them dead shots, waiting for a chance to "plug" a Baker or two. Sheriff 1 White sent his family away and tilled his house with his friends. The house looked upon the guard tent where "Tom" Baker was a prisoner. On Jnrfe 10, while the feeling was at its height and preparations were on the way for the march to Barhoursville, "Tom" Baker came out of his prison tent and began talking to his son, Jim, giving him instructions on bow to run the farm while he was in jail. Mrs. "Tom" Baker ran up to advise TWO OP THE BAKERS, YOCNO, BET Tin, SHOTS. (These are sons of "Tom" Baker, who was shot and killed from Sheriff White's house while he was under arrest by the troops, oharged with two murders. Their mother has dedicated them to the life work of wiping out the Howards.) her husband not to allow himself to be a target for the Howards. While she was talking to him a shot rang out from the White residence, and Tom Baker dropped dead before his wife's eyes. The woman hysterically called upon Colonel Williams, who was in charge of the troops, to turn his Gat- ling gun on the White house and de stroy it. The assembly was sounded and the troops surrounded the White resi dence. They moved upon it with fixed bayonets, going at double quick, and climbing over the yard fence. SherilT White came out with thirty armed men to dispute the right of way. Williams gave the order to charge upon the house, and the Howards and Whites fled inside, loudly announcing that they would kill the first man who crossed the threshold. The Gatling gun was then brought up and trained SHERIFF "BEN" P. WHITE. (He Is the leader now of the Howard-White forces. It was from his house that "Tom" Baker wus killed, and ho was suspected of the murder.) on the residence, and all those inside surrendered. Sheriff White was ar rested for resisting the guards. The Howard-White faction then tried to mobilize at the house of Daugh White, the circuit clerk, but Colonel Williams occupied it to prevent their using it as a citadel. Meanwhiie mem bers of the Baker clan were assem bling from all sides and swearing ven geance. The dead man's sons swore that they would kill Sheriff White, who they believed had slain their father. Who really fired the shot that killed "Tom" Baker no one knows. The Whites were very angry at Co'onel Williams and the troops. They sent 1 out and brought in numbers of their sharpshooter friends. They announced that they would wipe out the soldiers and slaughter the Bakers. But the troops marched to Barboursville with their four prisoners—Wiley, Al, Bee and Jim Baker. StraiißPlv Cured of Stuttering. The curious freaks the Mauser bul let has performed in its coursings through the systems of fighting Amer icans in the late wars have resulted in some queer tales. The latest is the experience cf Private H. E. Redmond, Company C, First Colorado Volunteer Infantry, who, when he enlisted, stuttered so badly that tho recruiting ollicer came near leaving him off the rolls. Private Redmond was wounded in the battle of Mariquina,in the Phil ippines, on March 31. Now his wound is healed and he stutters no more. A Mauser bullet struck him in the face, passed diagonally downward through his mouth and made its exit near the back of the neck. It was considered a frightful wound by the surgeons, but Redmond proceeded to recover even faster than patients with less painful injuries. Now all that can be seen of the wound is a small, livid spot to the left of the nose and above tho upper lip. Redmond chews hard tack with the greatest zest and tells stories he has not been able to finish in years on account of his halting speech. He insists that the Mauser bullet carried away his vocal impedi | ment. 1 THE REALM OF FASHION. I NEW YORK CITY (Special).—Guimpe effects are a special feature of the light summer gowus, and a great variety of fancy yoking, ready tucked YOKE WAIST. and alternated with stripes of lace in sertion or embroidery, is in evidence. The one shown on the figure in the large engraving is the type that is most popular. The home dressmaker does well to take advantage of these pretty fancies, which, although add ing to the cost materially, enhance the effectiveness of a waist in this style and also simplify the makiug. COMBINATION COSTU> OATH* EKED SKIRT. A8 illustrated in the accompanying small engraving white Persian lawn is the material chosen, the yoke, collar and sleeves being of valencieunes luce insertion and fine tucking. White French taffeta ribbon is used for the sash belt, which is gracefully bowed at the left side. A lace-edged nich ing of lawn three inches wide outlines the yoke and passes over the shoul ders, where full-looped bows of the ribbon are placed. The waist is ar ranged over fitted linings that close in centre front, the full fronts and back being gathered at the top and applied to the lining at round-yoke depth. The smooth round yoke is included in the right shoulder seam, joined to the gathered edge of front and closed invisibly at the left shoul der. The full fronts cau be closed invisibly iu centre front or cut with out a seam, joined to the lower edge of yoke and closed at shoulder, arm's cye and under-arm seam. The fulness at the waist is drawn down tightly in back, while in front a slightly bloused effect is stylishly maintained. The standing collar is shaped with fashionable points that rise up behind the ears and are cut away in centre back. The closely fitted sleeves are correctly shaped, with wide upper and narrow under portions, the scant fulness at the top being collected in gathers. The mode is also suitable for waists , of silk or fine woolen fabrics, in which yokes and sleeves of all-over lace, shirred, puffed or tucked chiffon may be inserted. Narrow frizzed satin ribbon applied in evenly spaced rows j forms appropriate trimming for yoke j and sleeves, and great elaboration I may be displayed ou waists of net or lace with splangles or incrustations of lace or embroidery, with ruchiug of mousseliue or ribbon ou yoke and sleeves. To make this waist in the medium size will require one and a half yards of material thirty-six inches wide. New QOWIII Tlmt Cling. "Glove-fitting" rigl/*y expresses the appearance of the latest gowns. They eling so closely, respond so readily to every movement of the fig ure that they seem a part of it. Modes are more exacting than ever before, since they demand perfect figures with almost fragile slenderness to demonstrate their leading charms, but there are many and pretty modifica tions which retain the necessary chio and still make the styles possible to women of all sizes. There are varied opinions as to the becoming qualities of the new summer gowns, according to the degree in which the special figure resembles the favored model of fashion; but while we are deciding the question to our satisfaction the wheel moves on re gardless, passing every point between the two possible extremes of extrava gance and economy once in a period of years. A costume such as is shown in the large engraving is very popular. The yoke waist and the skirt with straight gathers form a combination that i* difficult to surpass. Scallops also are seen everywhere and anywhere that an edge is present ed which can be cut in scallops. It is a favorite mode of finishing the overdresses aud the bottom of short jackets, and some of the ruffles are cut in scallops. You may have them deep or shallow, as you fancy, and trim them round with ruchings, in sertions, or knife plaitings. Auother feature of decoration is lacing with fine silk cord over a contrasting color. Nanow openings up and down the bodice are laced across with cord either matching the gown in color or in some paler shade of the same color. A Stylish Skirt. The handsome combination shown in this stylish skirt is of Venetian cloth in a rich fawn color, the flounce portion being liberally showered with chenille polka dots in a slightly darker shade. The trimming that outlines the head of flounce is of silk and chenille, to match cloth and dots, ornamentnl straps being buttoned across the placket in centre back. The skirt shows a new variation of a popular style, consisting of an upper and lower part, both circular shaping. The upper portion is fitted closely by darts over the hips, and laps closely at centre back. The flounce farms the lower portion, which is shallow at the sides and widens to deep points in centre front and back. While a combination of material is a fad of the present moment, the skirt may be as stylishly made all of one fabric, broadcloth, covert and Venetian cloth taking the lead among plain, smooth-faced dress goods. Braid, gimp, passementerie and plain WOMAN'S SKIKT. i ———— or "frizzed" ribbon in satin or vel , vet will form a fashionable decoration that may be applied in many ways. To make this skirt for a woman of medium size will require four yards ef material forty-fonr inches wide. SUMMER DUSK. Trom the sky the colors fade, And a star, snow white. Hangs o'er the lonelv glade On the brow of night. Slow crumbles anl disappears The hill In the gloaming sea, ADd swiftly the lithe bat veers Hound the silent tree. The firefly's elfln spark Throbs o'er the dewy men The moonbeam silvers the And the whispering reed; And, while the lone loon's cry Floats on the breezes cool, Day sleeps and the purple shadows lie And dream on tho liliod pool. —lt. K. Munklttriek, in Youth's Companion, HUMOR OF THE DAY. "Is your mamma sick, Benny?" "Nope, she's ill; pop's sick—he has to do the cookin'."—Judge. "After all, there is something effem inate about tho Filipinos." "Their anxiety to talk."—Chicago Post. A man has been sitting on a dry goods box near this offlee all day, looking for work.—Atchison Globe. The Bookkeeper—"Kitty, you are a peach." The Typewriter—"l'd rather be half a pear (pair)."—Brooklyn Life. She—"lf there is a soft place in a man's heart woman will find it." He —"Yes; it won't get to stay soft long." —Puck. We mount the ear with haughty tread- With bold intent to forge ahead; When,lo! Fate hitches on the buck, And pulls us down some other track. —Chicago Record. Chief of Bureau—"You are neglect ing yonr work." Clerk—"Oh, yes; I'm studying up to take an examina tion for promotion."—Detroit Jour nal. Mrs. Iliram—"Supposing, Bridget, I should deduct from your wages the price of all tho china you broke?" Bridget Brittledish—"Well, mem, I think I'd be loike the china." Professor (to his wife, provoke 1) "I never know how to tako you, Amelia. Two years ago you were crazy for that hat, aud now ['ve bought it for you you don't like it at all!"—Fliegende Bluetter. X have never been a-wha'iug where the foaming billows sweep. I have never out the blubber from the monster of the deep; But I've tender recollections of those days in boyhood's spring When mother did tho whaling and I did tho blubbering. L. A. W. Bulletin. An Englishman aud an Irishman met one day, and the former wishing to have some fun with Pat, asked him if ho was good at measurement. "I am that," said Pat. "Then could you tell me how many shirts I could get out of a yard?" asked tho English man. "Well," said Pat, "that de pends on whose yard you get into." "There is nobody so provoking," said the young thing, "as the inau who pretends to know it all and then, when you come to argue with him, is, of course, all wrong." "Well," re plied the major, "I prefer him to the man who pretends to know it all and theu, when you come to argue with him, turns out to be all right."— Philadelphia Press. The landlady rapped on tho table for attention. "Gentlemen, I suppose you are all patriotic?" "We are!" came the hearty response. "And you all love your native soil?" "Couldn't love it better!" came in chorus. "I am glad to hear it, for you must surely enjoy the few grains of sand that refused to part company with the strawberries."—Chicago News. WISE WORDS. There is no legacy so rich as honesty, —Shakespeare. Tale-bearers are as bad as tho tale makers. —Sheridan. The greatest truths are tho simplest; and so are the greatest men.—Hare. Discontent is the want of self-re liance; it is infirmity of will.—Euior- BOU. However rare true love is, true friendship is rarer.—La Rochefou cauld. Health lies iu labor, and there is no royal road to it but through toil.— Weudell Phillips. A thankful man owes a courtesy ever; the uuthankful but when he needs it.—Ben Jouson. Thore is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that uever dreads contact and communion with others, however bumble. lrving. The silence of a friend commonly amounts to treachory. His not daring to say anything in our behalf implies a tacit censure.—Hazlitt. A man who does uot learn to live while he is getting a living, is a poorer mau aCLer his wealth is wou than ho was before.—J. G. Holland. Duty is what goes most against the grain, because in doing that wo do only what we are strictiy obliged to, and are seldom much praised for it.— La Bruyere. In good company, you need not ask who is the master of * the feast. The man who sits iu the lowest place, and who is always industrious in helping everyone, is certuiuly the mail.— Hume. World's Champion Coif IMiiypr. Yardon is a marvel of coolness when engaged in a gauie. What puts him theu in a class by himself is his per fect self-control, his steady playing and his marvelous incapacity to foozle. To this the goif authorities of England largely attribute nis success. The enthusiasts of America msvsoon have an opportunity to see the great est golfer of the decade. It is reported that ho has planned a tour of the links of the Unitod States, and will leave England immediately after his match with Willie Park, Jr. He will doubt less be a oompetitor at all the prorni ■ent fall tournaments.
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