BREVITIES.
In tholr report to tho P. 0. S. of A.
state camp, for the year ending June 30,
No. 144, Eckley, shows an increase of
fifteon members, and No. 37, Lattimer
Mines, an increase of sixteen.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred J. Wlddlck, who
were married on Saturday afternoon,
have started housekeeping on Walnut
street. The young couple were hand
somely remembered by their many
friends.
The large cave-In to tho west of St.
Ann's church Is regaining Its popularity
as a bathing resort. The numerous
drownings in this treachorous hole seem
to be of no avail In warning the boys of
Its dangers.
The appointment of teachers by
Foster school board is awaitod with
interest by the many applicants.
The remains of tho late Mrs. Jane
Gallagher, of Drifton, were followed to
St. Ann's cemetery by many relatives
and friends yesterday afternoon.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel O. Krommes, Alvintown, last
week.
Smoke the John Smith. At Koiper's.
The gutters along the declivity on
North Centre and North Washington
streets hav. been washed out to a depth
of two or three feot by the recent heavy
rains.
Erecola DePierro will be given a hear
ing by Burgess Boyle tomorrow evening
on the charge of shooting David Walker
on Centre street last Wednesday even
ing. Walker is still in the Miners' hospi
tal.
Owing to the refusal of certain busi
ness places to join the early closing
movement, a break Is threatened.
Russell lihl was held under 8300 bail
at Wllkesbarre on each of four charges
of selling olcemargarlno.
Gentlemen, for hats and caps go to A.
Oswald's. He has a nice variety.
Goorge Kreitzbergcr has securod em
ployment In Drifton shops and will re
move his family from Scranton to Free
land this week.
Jacob Knecht Is nursing a sprained
ankle receivod while at work In the D.
S. & S. roundhouse.
PERSONAL.
Harry Vanhorn, of North Centre
street, has resigned his position as clerk
for J. C. Berner and left yestorday for
Philadelphia.
Charles J. McGill, of Philadelphia, is
visiting Highland relativos.
Mlssos Katie McGlnty and Maggie
Gill, of Wllkesbarre, are spending their
vacation in town.
W. H. Smith, Jr., of Jeddo, superin
tendent for G. B. Marklo .t Co., leaves
today to visit his mother at Harbor
Point, Michigan.
Mrs. Sarah Mealing, of Philadelphia,
Is at hor father's rosldence on Ridge
street for the summer months.
Mr. and Mrs. John McEnrtie. of Beth
lehem, are visiting the latter's mother,
Mrs. Nancy Houston.
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Wentz, of Scran
ton, are visiting at Drifton.
William Brogan, of Elizabeth, N. J.,
Is visiting friends in town.
Miss Mary Boyd spont last week with
White Haven friends.
John J. Gallagher returned yestorday
to Philadelphia, after spending a week
here with his mother, Mrs. Patrick
McFadden.
Thomas Evans, Sr., and Thomas
Evans, Jr., loft this morning to attend
to legal business at the county seat.
Struck It Rich.
James Ilaggerty, a former resident of
l'lttston township, has returned to his
old home, after threo years spont In the
Klondike. He was one of the lucky
ones. After suffering great hardships,
and being on the verge of starvation he
struck a claim, which netted him 827,000.
Shortly afterwards he struck another
rich claim, and realized 840,000. He
then went into partnership with another
prospector, and they secured claims
which are now worth 825,000. When
Mr. Haggerty left l'lttston he only had
enough money to pay his car fare.
Set Off by Lightning.
A peculiar railroad accident occurred
on the Lehigh Valley Railroad at Ma
honing on Thursday evening. A third
track is being laid at that place and
considerable blasting must lie done.
Several charges of dynamite failed to
explode and wore allowed to remain.
In tho evening during a thunder storm
lightning struck tho ground at that
point, causing the charges to explode.
A D. S. & 8. engine, with a number
of cars, was passing at tho time and five
cars of tho train were wrecked. None
of the crow was Injured.
Stars Elect Officers.
The following officfirs havo boon
elected by tho Stars Athiotlc Associa
tion:
President—lf. A. McMcnamin.
Vice president—John Gallagher.
Recording secretary—Hugh Malloy.
Financial secretary—Hugh Boyle.
Treasurer —Joseph Ferry.
Sorgeant-at-arms—Charles Gallagher.
Trustee—Charles McGill.
UPPER LEHIGH.
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. An
drew Williams died on Saturday and
was buriod this afternoon.
Mrs. H. 11. Price, of Philadelphia, is
visiting her aunt, Mrs. H. M. Neale.
Mrs. Thomas Parry is in much better
health this summer than she has been
for a number of years.
Calvin Shoidy, a visitor In town the
past week, returned to New York this
morning.
The old No. 3 slope, which has been
idle for over two years, resumed work
this morning.
Mrs. Sablna Thomas and daughter,
Eliza, of Scranton, are visiting Mrs.
Evan Goulden.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hinkle enter
tained Wllkesbarre visitors on Saturday.
Mrs. William Challenger is at Scran
ton, visiting her daughter, Mrs. William
Silk.
Mrs. Bernard McNealis, of Mauch
Chunk, is visiting her sister, Mrs. John
Anion.
Mrs. Joseph Evans has gone to visit
her s|ster, Mrs. David Evans, of Hazle
ton.
A bouncing baby boy arrived a few
days ago at the home of Albert Buch
man.
Mrs. Jane Colliet and daughter, of
Wllkesbarre, are visiting Mrs. Ernest
Draheim.
The Crawford county system, tried
here on Saturday for the first time,
didn't work as well for the boodlers as
at first expected. Neither was the sys
tem entirely to the liking of our friend
Dennis Burns.
Evan Jenkins, accompanied by his
wife, and granddaughter, Maggie Ash
man, has gone to Nuwark, N. J., for
the summer.
Bernard Keenan has gone on a pleas
ure trip to Easton aud New York. lie
will be accompanied as far as Easton by
Lulu Lesser.
Thomas Snook, of Scranton, Is visit
ing in this section.
Joe Birkbeck and wife, of Freeland,
drove through town this morning on
their way to Butler, where they will
spend a few days.
Try Koiper's Ice cream soda.
A party of young ladles and gentle
men have ordered the bus to convey
them to Rllley's farm at Mt. Yeagoron
Sunday morning. Wo wish the party
success in their picnic.
Misses Alice Rilley and Anna Ronomo
wore Hazleton visitors on Thursday.
John Dusheck, M. Capeco and T.
Brown leave Tuesday for Butler valley,
where they expect to get enough cherrios
to supply Freeland.
Joe Langang and Harry Nanio, of
Hazleton, woro Freeland visitors over
Sunday. The pretty young ladles of
South Ridge street better look out, for
these young men are very fascinating.
Master John Rilley is on the sick list.
Misses Ella and Amy Scheldy were
visitors on the South Side on the Fourth.
Miss F. A. Witman, of Scranton, has
come to pay a lengthy visit to Mrs. F.
A. Crocker, of Main street.
Mrs. George Shelly has purchased a
new 1900 model wheel, and is already
among the good riders of the town.
ROUND THE REGION.
The electric railway link between
Contralia and Ashland was opened yes
terday. It connects the Shumokln-Mt.
Carmel and Ashland Centralla Railway
Companies with the Schuylkill Traction
Company, opening a trolley line of fifty
miles between Shamokin, Mt. Carmel,
Ashland, Glrardvllle, Shenandoah, Ma
hanoy City and intermediate points.
The polico are investigating the prob
able murder of William l'alsegar, who
died at the Plttston hospital Friday
night. He was found near the Iloyt
shaft, at Port Griffith, and never re
covered consciousness. The back of
his skull was fractured as If by a stone
or club.
Lansford Good Will Club has leased
the opera houso building In that town
for ®BSO a year.
Father and Son in Jail.
Michael DeCosmos, one of the three
meu alleged to be implicated in the mur
der of Joe Modena, was committed to
the county jail on Saturday. Ho Is held
as an accessory after the fact, having
failed to furnish the authorities with in
formation which It Is alleged he pos
sessed. His little son is also an import
ant witness and has been placed in jail
to bo kept from the Influence of his
father's friends.
Columns of News.
The Freeland Tribune has made Its
appearance as a trl-weekly. It is a
clean looking sheet and has columns of
local news. It should rocolvo the warm
support of tho Freeland pooplo.—White
Haven Journal.
PLEASURE.
•July 14.—Trolley excursion of Cheator
Base Ball Club to Ha/.le park. Round
trip tickets, 25 cents.
July 31. —Trolley party of Highland
Social Club to Hazle park. Round trip
tickets, 25 cents.
HIB FIGHT FOR LIFE.
Struggle of a Woodsman Who Met
With an Accident.
From the heart of the Adirondack
wilderness comes the following path
etlo story of a woodsman's heroic
struggle for life after meeting with a
terrible accident.
The accident occurred on the shores
of lake Massaweple, in the town of
Piercefleld. A lumberman by the
name of Jerry Dudy had contracted
to furnish logs for the mill at Pierce
fleld. He occupied with his wife and
week old baby, a solitary cabin on
the shores of the lake.
Dudy was at work some three miles
In the foreßt felling spruce timber.
One day last week he had cut through
a tree about two and a half feet In
diameter, and In felling It, It had be
come lodged In some nearby trees.
This Is a common occurrence, but the
work of disengaging the tree Involves
great danger, and is the cause of
many serious accidents.
Dudy proceeded to "butt off" the
tree. The crash came at an unguard
ed moment, and he was knocked down,
his right leg pinned to the earth un
der the great weight
He was unconscious for some time,
but after regaining his senses, he
was not slow to realize the exceeding
peril of the situation In which he was
placed. He knew that If he remained
Inactive for any length of time he
would freeze to death. He could
just reach the ax, which had fallen
near him, and with his knife he cut
a portion of the helve that he might
use the blade to better advantage in
his reclining position.
The night advanced, the stars ap
peared one by one In the heavens, and
still the brave man tolled on. Oftimes
he dropped his ax In despair. But the
thought of wife and baby at home
always caused him to take up his task
with renewed vigor.
At last the tree was cut through,
and with all his remaining strength
he rolled the short butt from off his
limb. He was free. He tried to rise,
but his strength was fast failing, and
he sank to the ground. On examining
his leg he found It to be broken In
two places and frozen stiff.
Late the next day he reached the
door of his cabin, almost dead from
exposure and loss of blood. He had
crawled three miles over the broken
and almost undefined wood trail, drag
ging behind him his crushed and brok
en limb. The thought of loved ones
at home had given him strength to
accomplish the almost herculean task.
His wife rendered Buch aid aB was
In her power, and then tramped
through the deep snow a distance of
over a mile to the nearest neighbor.
Everything was done to relieve the
man until a physician could arrive
from the village of Piercefleld, thir
teen miles away.
Pneumonia set In. He had suffered
more than human strength could en
dure, and with the wife and child be
side him. for the love of whom he had
suffered so much, he passed away.—
Utica Herald-Despatch.
Bound and Distance.
"When people read that armies are
engaging each other at 2,000 yards dis
tance they think the combatants can
see each other, but they cannot," said
an officer. "At that distance It Is im
possible to distinguish between a
man and a horse, and at 1,200 yards,
especially where there Is any dust, it
requires the best kind of eyes to tell
Infantry from cavalry. At 900 yards
the movements become clearer, al
though It Is not until they get within
760 yards of each other that the heads
of the columns can be made out with
anything like certainty.
"Infantry can be seen In the sun
light much more easily than cavalry
or artillery because less dust Is raised.
Besides, Infantry are distinguished
by the slitter of their muskets. At
2,000 yards, however, everything la un
satisfactory, even with the aid of field
glasses, for a marching column In dry
weather raises a great deal of dust."
Unpopular With the Boers.
Probably the responsibility for the
Boer war rests more upon Cecil
Rhodes and John Hayes Hammond,
an American mining engineer, than
upon any other persons. It will be
(John Hayes Hammond),
remembered that Hammond took a
prominent part in the celebrated
lameson raid, and he is one of the
vorst hated men In the land ruled by
< ruger.
Seven Out of Eight.
Eight married reserve men, who all
ived in a certain small street In the
vest of London, were sent out to the
l-ont at the commencement of the
Joer campaign. News has come to
land that seven of the eight have
teen killed, while the other Is dan
jerously wounded.
THE GOEBEL CABEB.
Defense Wants Taylor, Ftnley and
Others Who Are Out of the State.
Georgetown, Ky., July o.—With the
exception of a few absent witnesses ev
| er.vthing is in readiness for the Goebel
i assassination trials, which will begin to-
I day before Judge Can trill. Coromon
. wealth's Attorney Frnnklln and Colonel
T. C. Campbell, who is employed to as
sist in the prosecution by Arthur and
! Justus Goebel, declare they are ready to
prove the charges against the men in jail.
Henry E. Youtsey, who was stenog
rapher for Governor Taylor, will proba
bly be tried first. He is charged with
the murder of Goebel, it having been
testified on examination at Frankfort
that he ran from the office of the secre
tary of state, from the window of which
the fatal shot was fired, with a rifle hid
den in his clothes.
He comes of a prominent family and
married into another equally prominent.
Several witnesses wanted by the de
fense have not been reached. Among
these are W. S. Taylor and Charles Fin
ley, both of whom are in Indiana and
have escaped warrants in the hands of
the sheriff of Franklin county charging
them with being accessories before the
fact to the assassination. Former Secre
tary of State Mathews, George Hemp
hill and Grant Roberts are also wanted
as witnesses. They are employed in the
federal service in Washington.
Fntnl Accident In Plttnlinrgr.
Pittsburg, July 9.—Two people were
killed outright and a third seriously hurt
last night in a most peculiar railroad ac
cident. The dead are Mrs. Elizabeth Ed
wards, aged 40, and Thomas Morris,
aged 4H. Thomas Edwards, husband of
the dead woman, had a leg so badly
lacerated that it will have to he amputat
ed. The victims were on their way
home from church and were standing on
South Twenty-seventh street, south side,
at the end of a blind switch on the Pitts
burg, Virginia and Charleston railroad
waiting for a long Panhandle freight
which was using the Pittsburg, Virginia
and Charleston track to puss. The
switch, which is on grade, was filled with
en booses. The freight broke in two at
the switch, supposedly caused by a bro
ken frog. The portion which turned into
the switch j a tinned the line of cabooses
through the buffer into the party of
church people. Mrs. Edwards was lit
erally cut to pieces. Both legs were cut
off, her head was crushed, and her en
tire body was covered with cuts and
bruises. Mr. Morris was not quite so
badly mangled, but was dead when pick
ed up. Mr. Edwards, who is a promi
nent contractor, was thrown and one of
his legs caught by a car wheel and crush
ed so badly that it will have to be ampu
tated.
The Doer War.
London, July 9.—Late news from
South Africa reports that the Boers in
effectually attacked General Buffer's es
cort between Standerton and Heidelberg
on Saturday as he was returning from a
visit to Lord Roberts. The Boers at
tacked the Fieksburg garrison at mid
night on Tuesday, but were driven off
after 45 minutes' fighting. General Bra
bant on July 5 occupied Romberg, be
tween Setiekal and Winburg, which serv
ed as a base for bunds assailing convoys.
Colonel Mahon of General Hutton'rt
mounted troops on July ti and 7 engaged
3,000 Boers east of Broukcrspruit and
drove them off. The British casualties
numbered 33. Commandant Li miner
tried to recapture Rustenburg on July 5,
but was driven back. Thirty-four of
Stratheona's horse under Lieutenant An
derson were attacked by 200 Boers east
of Standerton on July (i. The British
soon took possession of a kopje, upon
which they successfully withstood the at
tack of the enemy.
Kleotrlc Cars Collide.
Scranton, Pn.. July 9.—Two electric
cars on the Scranton Railway company's
Duryea line collided head on yesterday at
Old Forge, injuring 11 persons. Mis
chievous boys, it is supposed, tampered
with the switch signals, and both ears
got into the same block. Midway be
tween the switches is a deep hollow, in
which a sharp curve obstructs the view
of the east side. The ears met at the
curve. The north bound ear with five
passengers aboard mounted the other,
which had 92 passengers, and plowed
through its front as far as the third sent.
Grady and Lnndborough are the only
ones on the north bound ear who were
injured. The other nine victims were all
occupying the front scats in the south
hound car. The injured were eared for
by the nearby doctors and residents until
carriages and ambulances arrived from
Sennit on to take them to their homes or
the hospital.
New York Clilnene Not Boxers.
New York, July 9.—Manifestations of
growing intolerance of the resident Chi
nese have alarmed the merchants and
head men of Chinatown, and yesterday
a proclamation was read on the streets
signed by several prominent Chinese.
The matter had been under discussion
for several days, and mistreatment of
Chinatown residents at points along the
Bowery on Saturday night precipitated
the matter. The head men estimate there
are 15,000 Chinese in New York and vi
cinity and say not one of them is from
the north of China or even of the same
tribal races involved in the disturbances.
Wnrnlilp'n Lnunph Blown Up.
Newport. R. 1., July 9.—The boiler in
one of the steam launches of the flagship
New York burst, the fireman being bad
ly injured and the remainder of the crew
slightly hurt. The boiler and engine
were completely wrecked, while the
launch wns but slightly damaged. Boats
were lowered from all the ships in the
licet and went to the rescue of the crew
in the launch. The accident took place
while the launch was within 100 yards of
the New York.
StniKlivril Oil Fire I. Oat.
New York, July !l. —Sumo smoke ami
very little tire is all that remains of the
grcnt Standard Oil yards fire in Con
stable Ilnok. Of the 24 tanks in the
new yards four lire standing. The fami
lies driven out of the houses on Twenty
second street have moved baek into their
rooms. Work upon the replacing of the
destroyed plant will commence at once.
Drowned In the Schuylkill.
I'hihtdclphln, July 9. David HulleD
ami Isaac Braumtine, both 19 years of
•ge, were drowned In the Schuylkill river
by a rowboat going over Plat Hock dam,
just above this city.
Weather Forecnst.
Cooler; geuerully fair; fresh westerly
jfiude.
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Ham and Schweitzer Cheese Sandwiches,
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Ballentlne and Hazleton beer on tap.
Baths. Hot or Cold, 25 Cents.
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AND EMBALMER.
Embalming of female corpses performed
exclusively by Mrs. P. F. McNulty.
Prepared to Attend Calls
Day or Night.
South Centre street, Freeland.
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Children's (10 vrs up), 80c. Children's (5 to lu
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