FREELAND TRIBUNE. VOL. XIV. NO. 9S. Big Sale of Shoes for Dress or Working at RAwl'sfcrll Clothing and Shoe Ilouae. REFOWICH BUILDING. FREELAND. Remember Our Big Clothing Sale. T. CAMPBELL, dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes. Also PURE WIUES 43 LIQUORS FOR FAMILY AMI) MKT)WINAL I'ITRPOSRA Centre and Main strecta. Freeland. cxxpuersr'sT Groceries, Provisions, Green Truck, Dry Goods and Notions are among the finest sold in Freeland. Send a sam ple order and try them. E. J. Curry, South Centre Street. LAUBACH'S VIENNA BAKERY. B. C. LAU3ACH, Prop. Choice Dread of All Kinds, Cakes, and Pas try, Duil3'. Fancy and Noveky Cukes Baked to Order. turitiiiiuT ® IEI (BUM supplied to balls, parties or picnics, with all necessary adjuncts, at shortest notice and fairest prices. Delivery and supply wagons to all parts oj town and surroundings every day. DePIERRG^BROS. OYXJYIHL Corner of Centre and Front Ntroeta. Oilmen, Dougherty, Kaufer Club, Rosenbluth'a Velvet, of which we b ve EXCLUSIVE SALE IN TOWN. Mim.iu's Extra Dry Champagne, llcuncssy Dmndy, Blackberry, Gins, Wines, Carets, Cordials, Etc Ham and Schweitzer Cheese Sandwiches, Sardines, Etc. MKALB AT - ALL - HOURS. Geo. H. Hartman, Meats and Green Tiack. Fresh Lard a RjKcialty. Centre Street, newr Central Hotel. Condy 0. Boyle, dealer la LIQUOR, WINE, BEER, PORTER, ETC. The finest brands of Domestic and Imported Whiskey on sale. Fresh Rochester and Shen andoah floor and Ypiinirlinur's Porter on tap MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS "Ij^LECTION NOTlCE.—Notice iH hereby Pj given that at the election to be held on the third • m sdnv In February. MHI-. being the eighteenth day of the mouth, the following of tie* Middle Coal Field Poor District are to b * elected to wit: One person for Director to serve three years from April 1, HKtt. whoso residence must lie in that part of lie district known as the Luzeruc on the Ueper district. One person for Auditor to serve froiu April 1, 11102. whose residence must, be in that por tion of the district known as the Wcathorly or Mi<ldio district WilllamS. Loih. i Wilson S. Campbell, - Directors. S. W Gangwere, ) iSSoLCTION UF PA UTN KItSH I P.— Notice is hereby given that the partner ship lately subsisting between Kvander Kromines and Doiiol Sig foos, t r .ding under tiie firm name of Kromtnes fir Sigtifoos. was dissolved on January 'JO, IHO2, by mutual consent. All debts owing to the said partner ship are to b received by said Daniel Sigatops, and all demands on the said partnership are to be pres- nted to him for payment at Free land, where he will continue the business under his name. Evunder Kromines. Daniel Sigutous. Freeland, Pa., January 27, bO2. -INSTATE OF FRANK WiTOVITCH, late of J'j iToeluml. deceased. betters of administration upon the above named estate having been granted to the iinders'gued. all persona indebted to said estate are requested to make payment, and those haying claims or demands to present the same, without delay, to Anthony Hudewick, Freeland, Pa. C. o. Stroll, attorney. A. Oswald has the agency for the cele brated Elyslan'sextracts and perfumery. The linest good mado Trv them. Canty and nuts at Helper's. FREELAND, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12. 1902. ANTHRACITE'S ANNIVERSARY First Use of Hard Coal Quietly Celebrated. Old Grate in Which the Ex periment Was Made One Hundred Years Ago Used Again. The centennial of the discovery of tho value of anthracite coal as fuel was celebrated at Wilkesbarro yesterday at the old Fell House. In the grate in which coal was first Ignited one hundred )ears ago, F. J. and N. 11. Weiss, the proprietors of the Fell House, had a fire burning. The old fireplace was draped witli bunting and surrounded with clusters of flags and flowers. In the centre of the decorations beneath a card bearing the legend "This is the grate" was a fae-simile of old Jesse Fell's record of the first attempt to burn coal. It reads: "Made the experiment of burning the common stone coal of the valley in grate in a common fireplace in my house, and find it will answer the purpose of fuel, making a cleaner and better lire than burning wood in the common way. "Jessie Fell." Some historians claim that the an thracite contennial does not occur until 1908. There lias been much controversy over the matter, but the Weiss brothers decided that it would be best to hold the celebration early in the century. There were no set exercises yesterday, but the rootu was kept open and many visitors permitted to see the old grate. The Card Question. At a mass meeting of the United Mine Workers' locals of Nanticoke and vicinity the following was adoped: Whereas, The mine workers in this vicinity, representing six local unions, in mass meeting assembled, having hoard reports from different collieries as to the showing of working cards be ing favorable to our cause, and hearing also that there are some employes who still ignore our request and also our or ganization, be it therefore Resolved, That wa postpone definite action until the 3d. 4th and sth days of March, when the next showing of cards takes place, and on the morning of the sth day of March, 1902, all employes who have not the union working card in sight will be classed as non-union em pi >yes and we will then and there re fuse to descend into the mines or work with such until they become members of our organization. Tills is the most important move made by the union in some time. The mines affected are the Bliss, 951 men, and the Anchincioss, 097 men, of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, and Shaft No. 5, 1.231 men; No. 6, with 1,174 men, and No. 7, with 1.438 men, of the Sus quehanna Coal Company. Damage Case Appealed. The ease of Patrick Dowd, of Hazle ton, against the D. S. tfc S. R. 11. Co., for damages sustained by an engine of the defendant company hitting a car on which ho was raotorman and injur ing him so badly that he is now in capacitated from manual labor, lias been appealed by the railroad company to the supreme court. Some months ago a jury awarded to the plaintiff $5,000. The company made an appeal for a new trial to Judge Me- Clure, who sat on the case, and in an opinion filed three weeks ago the judge denied the rule for the new trial and directed that if the case is to bo appeal ed that all costs must be paid by the defendant company. Monday was the time limit for the ap pealing of the case and the company officials made arrangements for the ap peal, which will be heard in a short time before the supreme court. Fire at Hazle Brook. Fire visited Hazle Hrook early yester day morning and six families were ren dered homeless. The house burned was r ¥£ You Could Look^ Mi JL into the future and sec tlx: condition to which 3*our cough, if neglected, will bring you, you would seek relief nt once—and that naturally would be through Shiioh's Consumption Guaranteed to cure Coti -1 .11 sumption, Bronchitis,. Ast lima, and nil Lung Troubles. Cures Coughs and Colds in a day. 25 cents. Write to S. C. WELLS & Co., Le Roy, N. Y., for free trial bottle. Karl's Clover Root Tea purifies the Blood , a tenement occupied by the families of Mike Iloscoski, Charles Belttmeir, Joe Rynock, Charles Bonjar, Pat Muihearn and Anthony Gallagher. The latter re sided In the eastern end of the building and it was in a cooking shanty joined to his house that the lire started. The origin is unknown, but It is sup posed that some clothing that was close to the stove became ignited and set the building afire. Before the Gallagher family were aware of the lire the flames reached the house in which the family, composed of the parents and six chil dren, were sleeping. They had a nar row escape from death, and got out in their night clothing, one boy saving a pair of trousers and Mrs. Gallagher a wrapper that was close to her bed. The Muihearn family lost all their goods that were on the second floor. Those on the first floor were removed before the lire readied their house and the other four families succeeded in saving all their furniture and goods. The total loss Is morn than 32.500. When the lire was discovered there was mi help and no means of lighting the flames. The building burned slow ly and had there been a hose and a stream of water the fire could have been beaten. As there were neither the attention of t.he assistance that came was directed to save the goods of the families who occupied the house. All the outbuildings were destroyed. A Matrimonial Tangle. In the hearing in the divorce case of Frank A. Compton against Carrie lled glln-Compton-Stack at Scranton this week it was testified that on October 20, 1900, Compton and Carrie Hedglin went to Scranton to be married, it was Sat urday afternoon and the courthouse was closed, and therefore they could not get a license. A friend told them they could be married at once, and at his suggestion the bridegroom bought a blank certifi cate and tilled it out. and It was then handed to the bride, who was told that she was married by accepting the paper. For three weeks she lived with Compton as liis wife at Nay Aug, then left him. Miss Hedglin on October 23 last was married to Paul Stack. Compton is now asking for a divorce, contending that the woman is still his legal wife. Today's Funerals. The funeral of the late Mrs. Bridget McMcnamin took place this morning from her late home on South Centre street. The remains were followed to St. Ann's church, where a requiem mass was read by Rev. John L. Moore, by a largo number of relatives and friends, many of whom came from a distance. The funeral was one of the largest that has left town for some time. The remains of the late Mrs. William Kituiuel, of Sandy Run, were laid at rest at Freeland cemetery this after noon. Services were conducted, pre vious to the interment, by Rev. J. B. Kerschner at St. John's Reformed church, where many friends of the de ceased had assembled to pay their last respects. Asks SIOO,OOO Damages. The trial of the famous case of Joseph Stevenson against the Jeddo Tunnel Company and other companies started on Monday. Stevenson operated a wool en mill on Nescopeck creek until the Jeddo tunnel was constructed and drain ed water from the mines. This carried into the creek great quantities of culm and spoiled the water for milling. Stevenson sues for sloo,ooo damages On the first trial ho was awarded $34,708, but the supreme court granted a a second trial. Among the lower end jurors on the case are Councilman James P. McNeils and John Shelly, of town. To Arranga Conference. District President John Fahy, of Sbamokin, of the Ninth U. M. \V. of A. district, and Thomas Nichols, of Scran ton, of the First district, will meet with Thomas Duffy, of the Seventh district, at Hazletou, this week to arrange for the proposed joint conference of the anthracite miners and the operators. There is a general belief that the miners will be afforded an opportunity to meet with representatives of the coal com panies to arrange for a wage scale for the coming year, starting April 1. Bank Subscribers Organize. The subscribers to the stock of the First National Hank of Freeland met on Monday and organized by the election of tin: following officers: President—A. Oswald. Vice president—George Christian. Cashier—F. M. Everett. Directors —Dr. S. S. lless, A. Goep pert, B. F. Davis, J. J. McMcnamin, Thomas L. Edmunds, Peter Tituony, James E. Griffith, John Rngan. Today is the anniversary of Abraham Lincolu's birthday. ROUND THE REGION The change in the method of inspec tion of the membership of the United Mine Workers' tri-monthly from cards to buttons, which will be worn on the coat, will go into effect April 1. The number of his local and the name of the secretary of the same will be inscribed on the button of every union minor. Miners consider this an improvement In the method of ascertaining their mem bership. Despite the combined efforts of the Hoard of Health and council, Miss Pauline Ciimnet, of Plymouth, and Samuel Frankel, of New York city, wore married at Plymouth last night. This wedding had been postponed three different times owing to the rule laid down by the authorities restricting gatherings of all kinds during the pres ent epidemic. Albert Crane, of Scranton, tried to kill himself yesterday by shooting him self. Ho invited his mother and a num ber of relatives to his house, sating lie was about to go away. When they were all assembled he took a revolver and placed it in his mouth and fired. The ball took an upward course and is lodged in the head. lie was taken to lite hospital. J. I'. Frey, national wice president of the Moulders' Union, has been in Wilkes barre since Saturday and at conference with the Vulcan Works officials the wage question was settled and ail dan ger of the strike at the c oinpany's Wilkesbarrffi Pittston and Tamuqua works was averted. The minimum wage scale of 32.50 a day has been grant ed. Manager Sllliman. of the Scranton Traction Company, who was tried on a charge of bribery, has been found not guilty and the costs wore placed on the prosecutor. The case was followed with unusual interest because of the big strike which Is still in progress in Scranton, and the position of Manager Sillimau toward the Street Carmen's Union. The sanitary commission of Wilkes iiarre, as a precaution against smallpox, has ordered that all Plymouth residents employed in several mills at South Wilkesbarro, which is across the river from Plymouth, be suspended until the epidemic in Plymouth is over. This will throw a couple of hundred out of work. The employing printers of north eastern Pennsylvania, met at Wilkes barro Monday night, when an organiza tion was formed. Representatives were present from Hazletou, Pittston, Kings ton, Scranton and other places. The object is to arrange some uniformity with reference to prices. James Foin, of Scranton, who had been at Wilkesbarre, started home to attend the funeral of his mother. When near Avoea ho was struck by a Central Railroad of New Jersey train and killed. His identity was established by a tele gram found on his person announcing his mother's death. The strike of the 800 Plymouth minors at the Nottingham colliery ended yes terday morning, the men deciding at a meeting to return to work. The com pany promised to investigate tho cases of discharged men. William Hodgekins, aged 80 years, of Tamuqua, well-known throughout Penn sylvania. died yesterday. He was one of tho oldest Odd Follows in the state, being an active member of tho order since 1843 Another ineffectual attempt was made yesterday to end the Scranton street railway strike. The strikers' officers and Manager Silliman held a conference but no agreement was reached. A jury has awarded SI,OOO damages to Miss Margaret A. Jones, of Jonestown, who sued Charles A. Fredericks, of Pottsville, for SIO,OOO, alleging breach of promise to marry. Relatives in Hazletou have been noti fied that John Oppet, who enlisted in the United States army in that city three years ago, lias been killed in the Philippines. Park View has sent another smallpox patient to Hazleton pest house. Ills name is Manus O'Donnell, aged 35 years. $3.00 to New York and Return Via the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Tickets will be sold and good going February 20, limited for return to and Including February 24, and will be honored on any train, except the Black Diamond express. For further Informa tion consult ticket agents. A large party of pupils of St. Ann's parochial school are off sleighing today. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought LOCAL NOTES WRITTEN UP Short Items of Interest to All Readers. Happenings of the Past Two Days in and Around Freeland Recorded With- out Waste of Words. Michael Paisko, of Highland, was injured in No. 5 mine, Jeddo, early this morning. A piece of coal fell from the roof and cut a deep gash in his head, from which the blood flowed freely. When the man reached the surface ho was met by the company's physician, who dressed his wound and took him home. The banquet conducted by the mar ried ladies of St.. Ann's parish at Ivrell's hall Monday evening was an unprece dented success. Upwards of 1,100 people partook of the spread prepared for the occasion. The proceeds will be applied to the building fund of the Sisters of Mercy, chapel. George Husyan, emplpoyed at the Upper Lehigh colliery, was hadlv hurt while at work Monday night. After firing a blast Husyan returned to the breast and a fall of coal caught him. His hips, shoulders and legs were badly crushed. He was removed to his home. The sale of the Siegenfoos grocery store has been postponed for one week. This action has been taken on account of the death of the plaintiff, William Kromtnes, who was killed in the mines at Upper Lehigh on Saturday. Two small audiences saw this week's plays at the opera house—"The Fast Mail" Monday evening and "Our New Minister" Tuesday evening. Hoth at tractions were appreciated by those who attended. The dangerous mine hole alongside tho road leading from Freeland to St. Ann's church has been enclosed with a fence by the force of men employed by the Road Taxpayer's Association. Fresh fish every day during Lent at Hartuian's market, next to Central hotel. Henry Fultz% of Lattimer, and Mary E. Mack, of Hollywood, were married hero Monday night by Rev. J. J. Ivuntz. Twenty-nine years ago Rev. Ivuntz married the parents of the bride. The employes of the Feist printing house at White Haven enjoyed a sleigh ride to town on Monday and found amusement In various places during the day and evening. An application for a charter has been filed in court at Wilkesbarre by the United Charities of Hazleton. Eckloy B. Coxo, Jr., of Drifton, is one of the incorporators. Joseph Losgchlnski, of town, was ad mited on Monday to the Miners hospital for the treatment of an old Injury to his knee sustained some time ago in -the Jeddo mines. Miss Anna Birmingham, of White Haven, who came hero with a sleighing party Monday evening, remained with friends until yesterday. Ice cream at Merkt's. Ash Wednesday was observed with special services in several of the local churches today. Others will hold ser vices this evening. Health Officer James J. Ward is fumi gating the basement of the Eekley li. Coxo school building on South Ridge street todav. Misses Elizabeth Breck, Jennie La vello and Maine Dwyer, of White Ha ven, called on Freeland friends yester day. Paul Sternetskv and Miss Annie Bohr, both of Hazleton. were married yester day by Rev. Carl Houser, of Freeland. A marriage license was granted in Philadelphia on Monday to Harry Dougherty and Mary Dover. Edward Carr, of Highland, lias accept ed a position as Freuiand correspondent of the Hazleton Sentinel. Two large sleigh-loads of pupils of the White Haven parochial school spent yesterday in town. A daughter lias boon born to Mr. and Mrs. Condy O. Boyle, South Centre street. Meetings of the borough council and the school board will be held this even ing. Patrick Sweeney, of Drifton, was an AHentown visitor this week. James Goulden has been appointed postmaster at Upper Lehigh. Misses McAllister, Fox and Murphy, of White Haven, were the guests of Miss Mary Dougherty yesterday. TKI-WEEK LY OYERCOATS and All Other Heavy Goods almost At Your Own Price. Phila. One-Price Clothing House. S. SENIE, PltOP. Birkbeck Brick, Freeland, Pa. ORION STROH, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW and NOTARY PUBLIC. Office: Rooms 1 andlllrkbeck llnck, Freeland JOHN M. CAIIR, ATTORN EY-AT-LAW. All legul business promptly intended. Postofflce Building, - Freeland. QEORUE McLAUtiHLIN, ATTORN EY-AT-LAW. Legal Burines* of Any Description. Brennau's Building, So. Centre St. Freeland. R. J. O'DONNBLL, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Campbell building, - - . Freeland White Haven Otllee, Kane Building, Opposite Puatofflee; Tuesdays, Saturdays. JOHN J. McBREARTY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Legal Business of every description, Fire Insurance, and Conveyancing given prompt attention. McMeuumln lluilding, South Centre Street. N. MALEY, DENTIST. OVEtt BIRKBKCK'S STOItE, Second Floor, Birkbeck Brick MRS. S. E. HAYES, FIRE INSURANCE AGENT. Wnsliington Street. None but reliable companies represented. Also agent for the celebrated high-grade I'lunosot liazelton Bros., New York city. ryi. s. s. Hess, DENTIST. A 37 South Centre Street. Second Floor Front. - Hetowlch lluilding. 'pHIOS. A. BUCKLEY, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. All burinees given prompt attention. Tribune Building, - . Main Street -A-. OS-W^XuID, dea'er in Dry Goods, Notions, Groceries and Provisions. FRESH ROLL AND Creamery [Butter Always in Stock. Minnesota's Best Patent Flour A Specialty. EVERY ARTICLE GUARANTEED. N. W. Cor. Centre and Front ftls.. Freeland. Wear the Famous Gold Seal Gum Boots FOR S \ LI;" AT THE STAR SHOE STORE, HUGH MALLOY, PROF., Centre uud Walnut Streets
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