FREELAND TRIBUNE.
VOL. XIV. NO. 120.
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Also
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supplied to balls, parties or picnics, with
all necessary adjuncts, at shortest
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Delivery and supply wag one to all parte oj
town and surroundings every day.
Geo. H. Hartman,
Meats and Green Ti tick.
Freeh Lard a Specialty,
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FRESH ROLL AND
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Centre ami Walnut Streets I
SCHOOL TERM
CURTAILED
District Financially Unable
to Have Eight Months.
Reduced State Appropria
tion and Extra Necessary
Expenditures Compel the
Board to Close.
The April session of the borough
school board was attended on Wednes
day evening by Directors Brogun, Buck
ley, Isaac, Kelly, Kline, McCole, Mc-
Oeehan, Purcell and Shelhamer. Mr
Brogan was chosen as chairman. The
following bills were approved: Electric
Light Company, $3.27; Coxe Bros. &
Co., coal, $57.75; Haaimet & Co., sup
plies, $8.98; llalpin Mfg. Company, re
pairs, 90c; E. B. Shelhamer, hauling,
$3.50; M. M. O'Boyle, additional radi
ators in Daniel Coxe building. $105.50;
J. J. Mcßrearty, Esq , one year's salary
as solicitor, S4O; Freeland Water Com
pany, sll 83.
The finance committee reported hav
ing failed to prepare a statement show
ing the financial condition of tho dis
trict, as requested at a recent meeting.
Solicitor Mcßrearty, however, gavo a
brief opinion on the subject, in which
he maintained that the revenue for
school purposes is not sufficient, at tho
present valuation of the borough, to
conduct the schools more than seven
months, with tho number of teachers
employed and salaries paid.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Director Buckley was given permis
sion to read a financial statement, pre
pared for tho Information of the board,
in which the following figures appeared:
Authorized expenditure during the
present term to April 1: School pur
poses, $6,894.93; building purposes,
3,735 53; total, $10,030.46. Orders out
standing, term of 1900-01, $790.00; ac
counts outstandlug, same term, $25.82;
total, $821.82. Total expense to date,
$11,452.28.
Treasurer's receipts to April 1 were:
State appropriation, $4,116.33; Collector
Malloy, $5,694.76; ex-Collector Kline.
$250.00; tuition fees and poll rent, $9,255
total, $10,070 34. Estimated receipts be
fore June 1, (from Collector Malloy,
$500.00, and ex-Colleetof Kliue. $50.00),
$550.00. Total actual arid estimated
receipts for term, $10,620.34, leaving a
deficit of $831.94.
Bills estimated to become due on or
before June 1, Including teachers' salar
ies for seventh month, are: For school
purposes, $1,474; for buildings, $255;
total, $1,729, making an estimated total
deficit of $2,560.94.
CAUSE OF DEFICIENCY.
The speaker stated the deficiency was
due to tho fact that tho present board
was met at the beginning of the term
by extraordinary conditions. The pay
ment of $514.26 on the South Washing
ton street plot, $213.34 extra bond inter
est and $821.82 of unpaid orders and
accounts from the previous term, all of
which the board was compelled to ex
pend, accounted for $1,549 42. In ad
dition the present board received $940.77
less appropriation from the state than
was received the year previous, which
was an unexpected curtailment, and
this, with the payments above mention
ed, amounted to $2,496 19, which, under
ordinary conditions, would have left the
district 10-<s than $65 in debt at the
close of the school year.
A refereuee to SSOO borrowed by the
board last May, on account of this
school year's appropriation, was replied
to by Mr. Kline as misleading, the latter
claiming the money was received on ac
count of tho board's portion of the mil
lion dollars vetoed by Governor Stone.
Communications and letters from the
state treasurer to the previous year's
board, also the letter accompanying the
warrant for tho SSOO loan, were produc
ed and read. Tlieso documents gave
positive warning that any advances then
made would be deducted from the follow
ing yoar's appropriation and would
lessen the amount that would be due the
district when the next appropriation
became payable.
TIIK TERM REDUCED.
The following resolution was then in
troduced by Director Buckley:
"Whereas, Inasmuch as the state ap
propriation received by Freeland school
district is $940.77 less than was received
during the previous term; and
"Whereas, Inasmuch as the board ;
FREELAND, PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1902.
has been obliged to pay during tho
current year the sum of 3821.82 of school
expense outstanding and unpaid at the
beginning of the present school term;
therefore bo it
"Resolved, That the board hereby
rescinds Its action of August 20, 1901, in
placing the school term of 1901-1902 at
eight months, and be it further
"Resolved, That the board hereby
designates the said term to bo of seven
months' duration."
A motion to adopt the resolution as
read received the votes of Directors Bro
gan. Buckley, Kelly, McCole, McGeehan
and Purcell. Directors Isaac, Kline and
Shelhamer signified their consent to the
closing of the schools at the end of the
seventh month but did not favor the
preamble.
A motion by Mr. Isaac to close the
schools at the end of the seventh month
was declared out of order, the chair
ruling that the previous motion was
carried and covered the question.
11. A. Soder spoke briefly on the clos
ing of the schools and hoped the board
would bo able to find away to continue
the term at least eight months.
A communication from the county
superintendent, notifying the directors
to attend the meeting on May 0 for the
election of a county superintendent,
was read, also a request from Misses
Rogan and Lindsay for permission to
use rooms for a summer school. The
board granted the requests, also gave
permission to any other teachers who
wish to use rooms for similar purposes.
Tho principal's report for the sixth
month showed a total enrollment of
1,000 pupils and an average attendance
of 873.
The principal's recommendation that
the senior class of tho High school, con
sisting of Misses Maggie Boyle, Mattio
Lindsay and Alberta Soder and George
Denneny, John Sipple and Orion Van
auken, be graduated, was adopted, and
tho board decided to serve as a com
mittee of the whole in preparing for the
exercises.
The treasurer reported a balance of
3336.33 in the treasury, and tho princi
pal presented a lengthy report, contain-
Ing suggestions to the board on the
course of study, discipline, rules, etc.
Refused to Appoint Guards.
Managing Superintendent Uarnard,
of the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western Company, considered the situa
tion at the I'cttlbonc colliery, whore the
miners aro locked out, so serious that
he appealed to Sheriff Jacobs for depu
ties to guard the property.
The liremen there were discharged
some time ago for falling to obey an or
der and the mlns-workers were locked
out as they were on the point of striking.
The union orderud tho engineers to
strike, but they refused, and bitterness
was caused. The officials alleged that
an attack upon the non-union workers
and the engineers would occur, and the
aid of the sheriff was asked, ilo refus
ed to send deputies until he could view
the situation. There was no attack,
however, and all Is quiet.
The company Is collecting guards for
the mine and a score will be on duty to
night.
An effort Is being made today to settle
the strike. It Is understood the officials
aro ready to meet the miners.
Ministers Appointed.
The conference of the Central Pennsyl
vania Methodist Episcopal Church, held
at Bollefonte, has assigned the following
ministers to churches in :hls vicinity:
Freoland—Emory T. Swartz.
Jeddo—Joseph K. Knisoley.
Heaver Meadow—Conway W. Dickson.
Conyngham—ltlchard lirooks.
Ilazleton—Diamond, Edward E. A.
Deavor; St. Paul's, John B. Polegrove.
Jeanesvlllo and Audenrlod—John C.
lllckel.
Milnesvllle—Pierce N. Fredin.
Weatherly—Robert M. Snyder.
White Haven—S. Milton Frost.
The presiding elder of the district is
Rev. W. W. Evans, of Sunbury.
Chapel Dedication.
Rt. Rev. Rishop Hoban, of Scranton,
will dedicate tho new chapel at the
Sisters of Mercy convent tomorrow.
The bishop will arrive here at 9.30 a. m.
and the dedication ceremonies will begin
at 10 o'clock. They will be concluded
In time to permit the bishop to return
home on tho 11.51 train.
The chapel Is one of tho most hand
some in the county. The cost of erect
ing and furnishing the edillce amounted
to over 83,000.
Charles Wolfe, the gcntlomanly clerk
in Oswald's store, Freeland, received
a sad message last evening notifying
hiin that bis Intended wife. Miss Alice!
Switzgable, of Hazleton, is lying dan
gerously ill with pleurisy. It is feared
that the nuptials, which were to take
place on the 10th Inst., will have to be
postponed.— Hazleton Item.
ROUND THE REGION.
All of the bituminous minors of the
Rochester and Pittsburg Coal Com
pany are Idle. The resolutions declar
ing for a strike wore obeyed by all of the
men, and, as a consequence, 10,000 men
are Idle. The final clause of the strike
resolution reads: "No settlement of the
question In dispute shall be recognized
unless sanctioned by the properly au
thorized committee and the officers of
tho organization." This means that
the men will Insist on recognition of the
Miners' Union,
Catharine Wesh, Joseph Davenport
and John Galaguer, of Wade, Schuylkill
couuty, have entered, a suit for 3100,000
damages against tho Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron Company. It is
alleged that the company has for years
been mining coal on tho lands of tho
plaintiffs. The county has appointed
Joseph W. Garner, of Ashland, as com
missioner in the case, with full power to
go into tho mines of the company, with
a view to ascertaining if coal has been
illegally mined.
Deputy State Superintendent (if In
struction Houck, in addressing the
Scranton Teachers' Annual Institute,
condemned those school districts which
rely solely on the stato appropriation to
defray school expenses. This will lead,
he said, if it is continued, to the state
taking control of the schools. He ad- j
vocatod higher pay for teachers, a sen
timent that found great favor with the
Scranton teachers, as they have just
petitioned for an Increase of 25 per cent
In salary.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad has re
moved six of tho largest locomotives
from the Wyoming region to the Hazle
ton division. These engines are capa
ble of doing twice the amount of work
performed by the ordinary type of lo
comotive. They will disponse with the
services of at least several crews.
The upper end coal companies arc:
rushing work on fences, which are
being erected about their properties.
Tho fence at the Stanton colliery in
Wilkosbarre is eight feet high and will
be three miles long when completed.
Most of the collieries in that valley are
now inclosed by similar fences.
Stato Senator Drury, of Pittiton, who
wobbled from the Quay to the anti-Quay
faction of the Republican party, Is back
to the machine camp again. In a re
cent interview he signifies his Intention
to support Elkin, Quay's candidate for
governor.
The strike of Wilkosbarre painters
and paperhangers, which was declared
on Monday, will probably end this week.
The master painters notified the strikers
that as tho difference was only of wages
they are willing to arbitrate.
The council of Lehighton has Instruct
ed its solicitors to request the Mauch
Chunk, Lehighton and Slatington Street
Railway Company to either start their
road in operation or vacate the streets
now occupied by its tracks.
The milk dealers of Plymouth have
organized to mutual protection. They
have decided to reduce the price from
eight cents a quart to six cents and not
to sell less than a pint.
A Noble Sacrifice.
Freeland Corr. Hazleton Standard.
It is seldom our duty to chronicle a
more noble and heart-inspiring sacrifice
than that which was offered by Frank
McHugh, the school director of Foster
township, to his brother, who Is confined
in the Jefferson hospital, Philadelphia,
suffering from severe bruises received
last April.
Mr. McHugh recently recovered from
a serloui attack of pneumonia and his
condition was at 0110 time anything hut
favorabla. His recent sickness reduced
him in woight and rendered him an easy
prey to prevailing diseases. Strength,
however, returned slowly and surely,
and when ho hoped to be soon strong
and vigorous again he received word
from the hospital that in order to give
Ills brother rollof and save him from life
long agony it would bo necessary to
allow the doctors to graft his skin.
John, a younger brother of Mr. Mc-
Hugh, was desirous of undergoing this
operation, but was prevonted by Frank,
who, even In his weakoned condition,
deemed it his duty as the older of the
boys, to mako the sacrifice. He accord
ingly wont to the hospital, and per
mitted the doctors to cut eighty-four
square Inches of flesh from his body,
a noble sacrifice for oue brother to
make for another.
The friends of Mr. McHugh In town
will be glad to know that he has suf
ficiently tocoverod from tho operation
to permit him to walk about and It Is
probable that he will return to town
this week. Ills brother, James, at the
hospital, Is In bettor condition and it Is
eagerly hoped will be spared future
agony from bis Injuries.
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.
While returning from school at St.
Ann's on Wednesday evening, Miss Ellie
Meehao, of Washington street, was ac
cidentally thrown from a buckboard arid
sustained severe injuries. She was ren
dered unconscious for some time by tho
fall and Is still suffering from the effects
of tho accident.
Ilev. O. G. Langford, pastor of the
English Baptist church, was operated
upon this week at Wilkosbarre City
hospital for throat trouble. Tho opera
tion was successful and the patient Is
recovering from its effects.
At Krell's hall tomorrow evening the
Crescont Athletic Association will hold
their annual hop. The young men are
fitting up their rooms in an elaborate
manner and will soon havo very cosy
quarters.
Charles Solt, of Highland, and Miss
Ada lleimbach, of Freeland, were mar
ried yesterday at the bride's home in
Lehighton. Upon their return from
their wedding trip they will reside here.
James J. Sweeney, for many years a
resident of Drifton and Freeland, has
removed from Scranton to Hazleton,
where ho will manage the new plant of
the Clock Tobacco Comaany.
A. Oswald has the agency for the cele
brated Elysian's extracts and perf utuery.
The finest goods made. Try them.
Operations at Pond Creek, which were
suspended some months ago, will be
resumed next week. The company
which is developing that field is satisfied
that much coal can bo found there.
Mrs. Thomas Cutnerford, of Ilazle
Brook, has applied for lotters of ad
ministration on the estate of her hus
band, who died last week. His personal
effects are valued at 34,000.
"The Queen of Chinatown," a play
which has already made a hit here, will
be produced next Wednesday evening at
tho Grand opera house at popular prices.
J. C. Koons, of Birkbeck street, was
injured on Wednesday by a fall of coal
in No. 2 mine, Highland. His head and
shoulders were badly bruised and gashed.
Itev. M. F. Failihee, who has been the
guest of his brother, Rev. M. J. Failihee,
for several months, returned to his home
in Arlington, 111., this morning.
The price of meat is preparing for
another ascension. The next advance,
it is predicted, will be at loast 15 per
cent over present quotations.
Ice cream at Merkt's.
In another column a fine piece of
property and several acres of land, locat
ed in Weatherly borough, are offered
for sale.
John Kelly has resigned as driver of
the United States Express Company's
delivery wagon.
Prof. John E. Williams, of town, will
address a teachers' institute at F&lrviow
tomorrow.
Peter Tirnony, Jr., has accepted a
position with tho Freeland Brewing
Company.
DRIFTON.
John Brogan, who recently returned
from the West, has given his numerous
friends a pleasant surprise by announc
ing that ho is to bo married. The bride
elect is Miss Maggie Mcllugh, of Phila
delphia, and the ceremony will take
place in that city next Monday. Mr.
Brogan will likely make bis home in the
future in Philadelphia.
John Bonner, the popular ball player,
will leave on Monday for Newark, N.
J., where he will play with that team the
coming season.
John J. Glllesplo met with a distress
ing accident yesterday. While chopping
wood the axe slipped and cut off one of
his fingers.
An Infant child of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Kennedy, former residents of
town, died yesterday at tbeir home in
Ebervale.
Miss Katie Edmunds left for her home
In Wilkesbarre yesterday.
John Bonner, of No. 3, Is visiting In
Philadelphia tftis week.
Hugh Kennedy is suffering from a
large cut in his head, which he received
in the mines yesterday.
Harvey E. Hoffman is making his
monthly visit to the schools this week.
TR I- WEEKLY
Great Bankrupt
Stock Sale
OF FINE
Clothing, Hats, Caps,
Shoes, Furnish ings, Etc.,
Is Still Going On
AT THE OLD HIE LIABLE (FOUMEU)
Phila, Oae-Price Clothing House,
Birkbeck Brick, Freeland, Pa.
OKIOM S'i'fiOH,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
anil
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Office: Rooms laud 2, Birkbeck Brick, Freeland
JOHN M. CARR,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
All legal business promptly attended.
I'ostofflce Building, ... Freeland.
MCLAUGHLIN,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW.
Legal Business of Any Description.
Brennan'a Building:, So. Centre St. Freeland.
R. J. O'DONNELL,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Campbell Building, - Freeland
White Haven Office, Kane Buildiug, Opposite'
Postoffice; Tuesdays, Saturdays.
JOHN J. McBREARTY,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Legal Business of every description, Fire
Insurance, and Conveyancing given prompt
attention.
MoMeuamin Building,South Centre Street.
maley
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S. E. lIAYES,
FIRE INSURANCE AGENT.
Washington Street.
None but reliable companies represented.
Also agent lor the celebrated high-grade
Pianos ot Ila/elton Bros., New York city.
S. 8. HESS,
DENTIST.
37 South Centre Street.
Bell Telephone.
Second Floor Front, - Relowich Building.
A. BUCKLEY,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
All btmneM given prompt attentions
Tribune Building, Main Street
JEWELRY STORE.
Clocks, Watches
and Spectacles.
DePIERRO - BROS.
CAFE.
Curner of Centro and Front HI rests.
Gibson, Dougherty, Kaufer Club,
Kosonbluth's Velvet, of which wu h ,ve
EXCLUSIVE SALE IN TOWN.
Mumm's Extra Dry Champagne,
Henneaay Brandy, Blackberry,
Gins, Wines, Clarets, Cordial,i, Kto.
Ham and Sc.hweiteer Cheese Sandwiches,
Sardines, Ktc.
MEALS - AT - ALL - HOURS.
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April s.—Hop of the Crescent Athletic
Association at Kiell's hall. Admission,
25 cents.
April 26.—Lecture by lion, .lolin G.
Woolley at the Grand opera house; sub
ject, "My Own Country." Admission,
25 cents.
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