FREELAND TRIBUNE. VOL XV. NO. 79. , HOLIDAY BUYERS Should not overlook our store when seeking something suitable for presents for their relatives or friends. Nothing will be better appreciated this year than Something Serviceable, and that is what you will find if you look over our stock of Cloth ing, Furnishings, Hats, Shoes, Dry Goods, Notions, etc. Prices are low just now. JOHN SHIGO, 144 South Centre Street. UKION ciTHOH, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW and NOTARY PUBLIC. Office: Rooms 1 and 2, Uirkhock Brick, Freeland MCLAUGHLIN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Legal Buriness of Any Dencription. Brenuan's Building, 8t;. Centre St. Freeland J. ODONNELL, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Campbell - Freeland. White Haven Office, Kane Building, Oppoßitt Postoffieo; Tuesdays, Saturdays. JOHN J. MC HUE ARTY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Legal Business of every description, Fir< Insurance, aud Conveyancing given prompt attention. McMeuamlii Building, South Centre Stroet. A. BUCKLEY, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. All bwtinesa given prompt attention. Tribune Building, - - Main Btreet N. MALEY, DENTIST. OVER BIRKBKCK'B STORE, Second Floor, - - Birkbock Brick JYJRS. S. E. HAYES, FIRE INSURANCE AGENT. Washington Stroet. None but reliable companies represented. Also agent for the eelebruted high-gradi Pianos or Hazelton Bros.. New York city. T\E. S. S HESS, DENTIST. North Centre Street. Bell TelophJhe. Second Floor, - P. O. S. of A. Bui Id inn. CTJRRIT'S 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 JAG We have two large store-rooms stocked from floor to ceiling with Toys, Novelties, Candy, Confec tionery, Fruits, Nuts, Smokers' Supplies, etc. If you don't know what to buy for the children, come to lis and we will show you just what will please them. No other dealer can offer you prices as low as our goods are marked, and nowhere else can so lrrge a stock be found. Every holiday season finds Mer kt's store with the largest and pret tiest lines of Toys in town. This year the assortment is more com plete than ever. M. MERKT, Centre Street, Freeland. FREELAND, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1902. OPERATORS ARE GETTING READY John Markle May Testify Before Commission. Corporation Attorneys Hold a Meetingjn Philadelphia and, Arrange Their Plans for Submitting Evidence. Preparations for the presentation of the operators' case before the Anthra cite Coal Strike Commission were made at a meeting of lawyers In Philadelphia yesterday afternoon. The commission will resume Us sessions next Tuesday In that city. Most of the operating Inter ests were represented at yesterday's meeting. James H. Torrey, who pre sided, spoke for the interests of the Delaware and Hudson; James E. Burr, the meeting's secretary, represented the New York, Ontario and Western. There were also present Simon P. Wol verton, Francis I. Gowen, W. W. Ross, Everett Warren, John T. Lenahan, Ira H. Burns, Alfred Hand, Harry C. Rey nolds, John B. Kerr and Samuel Dick son. the latter representing the Markle Interests. Among the notable absentees from the conference were Wayne MacVeagh and Joseph O'Brien. Although John Marklo was In the city all dav, he did not attend the con ference. It is understood that he will go upon the stand for the purpose of ro- damaging evidence concern ing the conduct of his mines that was produced by the miners In the course of tbe hearings In Scranton. Announcement was made at the con clusion of the conference by Mr. Wol verton of the procedure to be followed in the marshaling of the evidence. "The evidence of the non-union miners will first be finished," said Mr. Wolverton. "That will take throe or four days. Then the evidence of theso companies will be heard In the ordor named: Delaware and Hudson, Erie, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, Lehigh Valley, Lehigh Coal and Naviga tion, Lehigh apd Wilkesbarre, the In dependent companies and the Philadel phia and Reading. We expect that the presentation of the operators' side will occupy the greater part of a month " When the evidence of the operators shall have been submitted, the commis sion will be asked to adjourn its session t) Scranton, where the miners will sub mit testimony in rebuttal. POLITICAL. Notwithstanding the fact that it Is less than seven weeks until the spring election Is due, there Is very little activi ty among the politicians of either party. Two of the most Important offices In the borough—burgess and tax collector—are to be filled on February 17, and so far only a few names have been mentioned for the former and none for the latter It is likely, however, that after the holi day week Is over something will be doing, as such an important election the coming one is not likely to pass with out the usual trl-ennial contest. In the uptown wards, where the Re publicans always feel assured of victory and are frequently disappointed when ihe votes are counted, there will not be much to Interest the politicians. The First will have no vacancies to fill on either the council or school board. The Second has a short-term council man to select, and in the Third a school director for three years will be chosen The Fourth has one council man to elect to succeed Mr. Sweet, whose term expires. In tbe Fifth ward School Director Peter Tiinony announces himself as a candidate for re-election, and John J. Carr, of South Washington street, is in the field to succeed Councilman Moerscb bacher. John C. Boyle Is a candidate for school director in the Sixth, to fill the unex pired term of Director Kelly. The friends of J. F. Sweeney are urging him to also enter the race. Slot Machine Crusade. Imbued wllh the strenuous life which marked his three years fighting reb 1. In the Philippines, John VV. Walte.is, late sergeant In the United States regi- CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought lar army, has Introduced warlike meth ods at Tamaqua In his campaign against vice. Upon his return from the Orient recently h was elected chief of police of the town and has since made himself the chief factor In the reform crusade. Following his orders to keepers of gambling rooms and disorderly house to get out of town at once. Chief Walters has Issued an edict to all proprietors of slot machines to remove them or he him self would do so. Walters said: "I will give the slot machine men just two weeks to obey this edict. If they fail, then I'll gatbor them myself, confiscate the money for charity and make a bonfire of the frames." Walters Is a fighter and Tamaqua Is Is anxiously awaiting the result of his sledge-hammer crusade. A Fatal Mistaks. Benjamin L. Phillips, until recently a resident of Drifton, died at his home In Hazleton Monday night from the effects of a dose of carbolic acid, which he drank In mistake for medicine for minors' asthma. As soon as Mr. Phillips drank the acid the error was discovered and medical help summoned, but he died after enduring an hour's agony. The deceased was a resident of Drif ton until recently, when he was com pelled to move by Coxe Bros. A Co., for alleged activity during the strike. lie was favorably known throughout the region and his friends regret his un timely end. Mr. Phillips was born in Wales, and was aged 58 years, 2 months and 11 days. He came to this country in 1871, at Wilkesbarre. Ho later removed to Mahanoy City, then to Drifton. He is survived by his wife and three children, John, of Freeland, and William and Lizzie, of Hazleton. He was a member of Mahanoy City Lodge of Odd Fellows. The funeral will leave the family resi dence, 109 North Pine streot, Hazleton, via trolley, for Freeland, at 1 p. m. to morrow. Interment will be made at Freeland cemetery. Two Counties Want Him. "Robert Edwards," a tramp, who murderonsly assaulted two foreigners with a knife at Buck Mountain, Schuyl kill county, on Thursday last, bocause ho was refused money, drink and tur. key, and was himself badly dono up in the fracas which followed, was Identi fied at Ashland hospital as John Jef freys, wanted for attempting to kill Constable Daubnrt and shooting a woman at Sbamokin some day 9 ago. Despite Jeffreys' Injured condition, hf was bundled Into a sleigh and re moved to Sbatnokin under arrest. A clash between Schuylkill and North umberland authorities may follow this development, as the man was already under arrest for the Buck Mountain assault. The prisoner has several times been in jail for various offenses. Married at Wilkesbarre. Miss Lizzie Edmunds, formerly of Drifton, and Lewis Baldwin Walker, of Philadelphia, were married Monday af ternoon at the home of the bride's par ents, 77 North Meade street, Wilkes barre, by Rev. R. T. Roberts, pastor of the Welsh Presbyterian church. Only the members of the immediate families witnessed the ceremony. The attend ants were Miss Kittle Edmunds and John Edmunds, sister aud brother of the bride. Mr. and Mrs. Walker left on an ex tended wedding tour. They will make their home in Philadelphia. Tigers Ball Tonight. The New Year's Eve ball of the Tigers Athletic Club has been for years the greatest feature of every social season in lowor Luzerne, and this annual event, which will be held tonight at Krell's hall, is looked forward to with pleasure by the sporting people of the entire re gion. The members of the club may be depended upon to make the ball as suc cessful as those they have conducted in the past. Dance music will be furnished by De- Pierro's complete orchestra. Basket Ball Tomorrow. At 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon the Crescent basket ball club will linn up against Allentown All-Collegians, a team which comes strongly recommended. The game will be played at Krell's hall and one of the most interesting contests of the season is expected. The Cres cents will put forth their best efforts to begin the new year with a victory. On Saturday evening the Crescents will play at Krell's hall against' Potts villo Business college club, one of Schuyl kill county's fast teams. David Kennedy!} Favorite Remedy ROUND THE REGION. Wilkesbarre labor unions aro trying to force the Peck Lumber Company to withdraw from the sub-contract for lumber and carpenter work on the now Federal building. A month ago every man on the building quit work because they alleged that the subcontractors were unfair. To effect a compromise the contractors have now asked the union to accept all lumber on the grounds, provided the Peck Company withdraws from the contract. It Is ex pected that a settlement on this basis will be arranged. William Smith, who was a mine guard during the late strike, is dying at Potts ville hospital. In an ante-mortem state ment Smith said he was assaulted by four men in a saloon at Cumobla.and beaten and his skull fractured. Smith said ho applied to scores of'places, for employment and was given work, but was always discharged when it was found out he had been a mi no guard. Failing to find trace of their mother, who disappeared on November 05, the children of Mrs. George Wallace, of Wilkesbarre, broke up their home and went to live with relatives at Sayre. Despite the efforts of the police and others, the whereabouts of the missiug woman has not been discovered. The Warne Coal Company, at Duryea, has entered action in the courts for $20,- 000 damages from the borough of Duryea. It is alleged that during the strike the borough authorities diverted a stroam in such a manner as to cause the water to back up and tlow into the boiler room of the company's plant. The carpenters of the Wyoming valley, from Pittston to Nantlcoke, are prepar ing to demand an increase of 75 cents a day. They now get $2 25. Thoy say the increase is necessary owing to the increased cost of living during the few years. They desiro it to take effect February 1. Carbondale's epidemic of typhoid fever is traced by Dr. Robert L. Pitfield, assistant state bacteriologist, to impure water furnished from two of three reservoirs of the Consolidated Water Company. The reservoirs are to be abandoned on Dr. Pitfiuld's recointnon datiun. Carbon county court fssuod an injunc tion restraining the county commission ers from receiving bids and awarding contracts for the erection of stone arch bridges. The reason assigned is that short notice was given to enable favored bidders to got the jobs at exhorbitant prices. John Hudock, an employe of the Sus quehanna Coal Company at Nantlcoke, in a fit of passion bocause a mule balked, struck the animal a horrible gash in the back with an ax. Lie was arrested. Jack Bonner and Tommy West, two well-known pugilists, will give an exhi bition at Lebightbn opera house torn or/ row afternoon. Y. M. C. A. You are invited to attend the New Year's Eve reception and entertainment this evening at 8 o'clock sharp, given by the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Y. M. C. A. If under 15 years, you must be accom panied by a parent. The following program will be render ed: Chorus—"Winds Gently Whisper." Piano duet—Misses Vannauker and Soder. Vocal duet—Misses Bonoma. Vocal solo—Miss Brown. Exhibition of hypnotism—Dana Heck, Hazleton. Vocal solo —Miss Soder. Instrumental duet. Chorus—"When Evening Twilight.'' A collection will be taken. Games and social pleasures will fol low. Don't miss this happy event. Program at 8 o'clock sharp. PERSONAL. Samuel Cunningham, of Montana, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Cunningham, in Drifton. Miss Mame McFadden, of Philadel phia, is the guest of the Misses Ferry, Washington street. Brother Joseph, of Villanova college, is spending the holidays with his sister, Mrs. Hugh Malloy. Miss, Nettie Johnson, of Philadelphia, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Johnson. Miss Bid Ilaggerty, of Scranton, is visiting relatives in town. BIRTHS. Nagle.—To Mr. and Mrs. Jacob j Nagle, Front street, a son. Rudolph.—To Mr. and Mrs. Henry 1 Rudolph, Washington street, a daughter. 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. The Charlton Coal Company, compos ed of A. J. Lathrop, Kingston; Joseph G. Narrlcks, Wilkesbarre; E. A. Ober render, Drlfton, and Thomas Charlton, Sandy Run, have filed papers of part nership and will mine coal near Sandy Run. Rev. J. B. Kerschnor, pastor of St. John's Reformed church, fell on the Ice on Monday and fractured his right wrist-bone. The Injury is very painful, but will not prevent the reverend gentleman from attending to his duties. Helen, an infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Haganey, of the Second ward, died yesterday, aged C months and 20 days. The funeral will take place at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Interment at St. Ann's cemetery. A hall in honor of the delegates at tending the convention of District No. 7, U. M. W. of A , will be held at Krell's hall on Tuesday evening, under the auspices of Local Unions Not. 1499 and 1939, of Freeland. Bernard McLaughlin, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard McLaughlin, North Ridge street, is suffering from a severe ly sprained log. The accident happen ed wliilo coasting on the steep hill near his homo. # All the collieries in this region will operate to-morrow, but how successful they will be remains to be seen. A large number of men will refuse to report for duty on account of the importance of the day. The January meeting of the borough school board has been postponed from tomorrow evening until the same night of next week, on account of the first day of the month being a legal holiday. "Minnesota's Best" flour is sold by A. Oswald. There is none better made. Attorney R. J. O'Donnell, acting for Charles Gallagher, of Roanoke, Va., has sold to John BeHezza the Centre street property occupied by M. Merkt and a lot ou Main street, near Centre, for 84,000. The Young Men's Corps conducted a successful smoker at their meeting hall on Monday evening. The members turned out in large numbers and spent several pleasant hours. The family of Ollle Mason Is prepar ing to remove to the South, where Mr. Mason, who left here during the strike, Is employed as a locomotive engineer. Evan G. Willing, of Seek; Joseph Sehneo, of Freeland, and Frank Nello, of Bunker Hill, are auditing the ac counts of District 7, U. M. W. of A. Three fresh cows for sale. Apply to August Widdick, Dorrance. An accident to the hoisting engine at No. 5 slope, Upper Lehigh, yesterday, caused the colliery to shut down until the machinery Is repaired. Georgo H. Miller, of Hazleton, has accepted a position in the Press office, succeeding Ralph Baker, who left today for Mahanoy City. George Singely, of Foster township, has been drawn to serve as a juror dur ing the week of February 2. The annual New Year's serenades will be tendered tomorrow by St. Ann's and the Citizeus' bands. George Hudock, of Main streot, lost a fine horse on Monday. Colic caused the animal's death. Watch-night services will bo held this evening in some of the local churches. Eva Moore has been appointed post mistress at Frisbio, this county. Wanted.—A girl for general house work. Apply to Patrick McFadden, South Centre street. PLEASURE. December 31.—Fourteenth annual ball f the Tigers Athletic Club at Krell's hall. Admission, 50 cents. January 1. —Basket ball, Allentown All-Collegians vs. Freeland Crescents, at Krell's hall. Admission: Ladies and children, 10c; gentlemen, 20c. January 6—Ball under airsplcos of Local Unions 1499 and 1939, in honor of delegates attending the U. M. W. of A. district convention, at Krell's hall. Ad mission, 50 cents. Employment for Fifty Girls. Fifty girls can find remunerative em ployment at the Freeland silk mill. Applicants must be over 13 years of age. and those between the ages of 13 and Hi mut comply with factory law In every respect. Apply at mill olfice on Birkbuck street TRI-WEEKLY McMENAMIN'S South Centre Street USEFUL GIFTS FOR THE HOLIDAYS An inexhaustive exhibit of re membrances that appeal to the eye and bring pleasure and comfort to the recipient can be seen here. If you will come to our store at once you will find suggestions enough to satisfythe most exacting. Every article we sell contains full value for the price paid. Fancy Neckwear— The prettiest and largest selec tion of Four-in-Hands, Imperials, Bows, and Tecks in town, in plain white and plain black silks, also all the newest fancy colors in Ties, are now on sale at 25c. Come and see our new 50c holi day Neckwear. The prettiest Ties that we've ever shown; all shapes, all colors, all styles, 50c. Men's Furnishings— Xmas Suspenders from 25c up ward. Xinas Socks from 25c upward. Xmas Shirts from 50c upward. Xmas Silk Mufflers, from 50c upward. Xmas Sweaters from 50c upward. Slippers and Shoes— This store's collection of Holi day Slippers is exceptional. The positive price savings to be had here makes a buyer of you at once. In the line of Shoes we have everything that could be desired, and when making your presents don't forget that a Pair of Shoes is one of the most acceptable articles you can offer. Stylish Hats— Headwear should interest you. It's important that you have a new Hat for New Year's. All of the season's latest shapes now on sale. McMENAMIN'S South Centre Street Our Great Annual SALE OF DOLLS! Wo are sure the variety could not be greater, for we have purchased all the worthy kinds to be found in the world's markets. Every Doll you see here is rosy, robust, radient, " absolutely free from ilaws and defects. Wo have no cripples. Dolls with scratched cheeks, scarred ears or fract ured legs are not admitted. They are ideal in form and features. Some undressed and others dressed in every style the most whimsical child could desire. We have made some remarkably low prices—about oue-thind less than you pay elsewhere. Toys of All Kinds Are here ill abundance, all going at the lowest possible prices. Do not make your Cbistmas purchases until you see our assortment. Fruits, Nuts and High-Class Confec tionery and Candy at LAUBACH'S •A.. OS-W-A-XalD, dealer 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 Bta., Freeland, Tigers Ball Krell's Hall, Freeland, New tsar's lie. DePierro's Complete Orchestra,
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