FREELAND TRIBUNE. VOL XV. NO. 81. Great Values In men's and boys' Suits and Overcoats. Men's and boys' Clothing and gents' Furnishings of this season's very best and newest styles are offered you at absolutely the lowest figures ever quoted. Prices in most cases that barely represent the cost of production. Dry Goods, Dress Goods, No tions, Ladies' Furnishings and many other articles which will in terest the women folks. Foot Wear of all kinds for women and girls and men and boys at the lowest price. Every pair of Shoes guaranteed for wear and fit. This season's newest shapes and styles. JOHN SHIGO, 144 South Centre Street. OKION STKOH, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW and NOTARY PUBLIC. Office: Rooms 1 and 2, Birklnjck Brick, Freeland MCLAUGHLIN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Legal Business of Any Description. Bronnan's Building, So. Centre St. Freeland. J. O'DONNELL, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Campbell Building, - Froeland. White llaven Office, Kane Building, Opposite Poatofflce; Tuesdays, Saturdays. JOHN J. MCBREARTY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Legal Business of every description. Fire Insurance, and Couvcyauciug given prompt attention. McMeuamin Building, South Centre Street. 'PUOS. A. BUCKLEY, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. All business given prompt attention. Tribune Building, - - Main Street N. MALEY, DENTIST. OVER BIRKBECK'S STORE, Second Floor, - - Birkbeck Brick JYJRS. 8. E. HAYES, FIRE INSURANCE AGENT. Washington Street. None but roliable companies represented. Also agent for the celebrated high-grade Pianos of Hazolton Bros., New York city. DENTIST. North Centre Streot. Bell Telephone. Second Floor, - P. O. S. of A. Building. Wm. Wehrman, WATCHMAKER Centre street, Freeland. REPAIRING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Geo. H. Hartman, Meats and Green Tinck. Fresh Lard a Specialty. Centre Street, near Central Hotel. CUBRY'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. Cnrry, South Centre Street. ~TrCA^P3ELLr deaior in Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes. Also PURE WINES $> LIQUORS FOR FAMILY AND MKDWINAL PURPOSES. Centre and Main streets. Freeland. WTBTOBMBB iffll IBM ——& 1 STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, I gj EAST STROUDSBURG, PA. ■ Regular Stnte Normal Course, and I V Special Departments of Music, Elocii- H Id tion. Art, Drawing, Stenography and ■ H Typewriting; *troug College Prcpara- ■ Dj tory Department. 1 i'J Free Tuition. ■ Boarding expenses $3.50 per week. I B Pupils admitted at auv time. Winter B B Term opens Dec. 29th. Write for M B catalogue. L'J 1 E. L. KEMP, A. M. f Prin. I r —--.-thma 58883—3 MINORITIES CANNOT RULE Foster School Board Solici tor Decides a Point. Majority of the Whole Board Is Necessary to Sanction Purchase of Maps—Three Votes Are Not Enough. Foster township school board met Sat urday evening in regular session with Messrs. Johnson, Weber, Zlestloft, Dud ley and O'Neil present. An opinion from the solicitor on the purchase of maps being at hand a discussion arose as to whether the minutes could be adopted containing the motion to pur chase 8105 dollars worth of Bridgeman's Historical Maps of Pennsylvania. Some of the directors wanted that particular minute cut out entirely. After a dis cussion the minute! were finally adopted as read and the matter taken up later. The communication from Solicitor R J. O'Donnell was read and stated that the motion voted upon at the previous meeting to purchase the maps, which secured the votes of only three directors, was nut legallv carried, and that at least four votes are required for the mo tion to make it valid. The opinion was accepted bv motion and no further ac tion regai ding the purchase was taken. A motion increasing the salary of Fred Ilaiges from SG2 50 to SOS a month was carried. The action of the board in transfering Miss Roth from Bandy Run to Upper Lehigh, which was done at a special meeting and received only three votes, was approved. Principal Hoffman reported an enroll ment of 1,138 and an average attend ance of 87 per cent. He also reported that Mrs. Eckley B. Coxe had visited the school at Driftou and decided to make the surroundings of the pupils more pleasant by having the walls kal soinined and the wainscoting painted, which work she has had done at her own expense. Mrs. Coxe also intends to have an arrangement constructed for the primary room at WooQside building, to protect from the heat pupils who are obliged to sit near the stove. The principal also reported damages to the plaster in the Upper Lehigh building. A vote of thanks was tendered Mrs. Coxe for her interest in the schools of the district. A petition containing twenty-five names from Eckley was received, ask ing that a night school be opened in that town. The request was granted. A motion prevailed that the principal he instructed to close all night schools if the attendance falls below fifteen at any time. Treasurer Johnson's report showod a balance in the treasury of 83,510.72. The following bills were read and ordered paid: Thomas Evans, labor, 81 50; Wilson Maury, wood and hauling, 81 50; Mrs. Daniel Boyle, cleaning, 85; Mrs. Michael Petcell, cleaning, 85; G. B. Marklo & Co., coal, $0 20; Fred Brantrnier, coal and hauling, 817 50; Maynard, Merrill & Co.. books, 817.43; Upper Lehigh Coal Company, coal, 811.70. No Politics for Mitchell. President John Mitchell, of the Unit ed Mine Workers, is not an aspirant fo/ political honors, according to a state ment made by hi in over the long dis tance telephone from Scranton. Last week the Cook County Marching Club, the great Democratic organiza tion of Chicago, elected far. Mitchell an honorary member and started a boom for him for preferment in national politics. This information was tele graphed East and one of Mr. Mitchell's friends iu Washington called him by long distance 'phone and had a talk with him upon the subject. Mr. Mitchell said he was not a politi cian and that at this time he had no in clination to enter politics or to have bis work in the labor field hampered by po litical complications, lie said his heart was in his present work, and that there was too much >et to be done for him to divide his attention with any other sub ject. No Meeting of Health Board. Notwithstanding the fact 'hat small pox Is prevalent in several sections of Lho state, and that cases of the disease Cloudy 0. Boyle, dealer In LIQUOR, WINE, BEER, PORTER, ETC. The finest brands of Domestic and Imnortod Whiskev on sale. Fresh Freeland Beer, Porter HDd Ale ou tup. 98 Centre street. FREELAND. PA., MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1903. are being treated in the upper end of this county, the Board of Health of Freeland is doing little or nothing to give our residents assurance that the town will be kept free from this and other contagious diseases. There are many matters which require considera tion from the Board of Health, but of late a disposition bas been shown by the body to shirk its duties. No meeting has been held for the past three months, and the indications are that none will be beld for some time longer, unless the personnel of the board is changed. A few of the mem bers have become so disheartened at the failure of the board to meet that they have decided to resign. A Board of Health in a town the size of Freeland is an absolute necessity and the position of membership carries with it Important responsibilities. Failure to hold regular meetings Is an offense which the public will not condone, and if the gentlemen who at present con stitute the body cannot give the busi ness the attention It deserves they should make way for others. Fire Still Burning. The fire In Derringer uilne, which began burning during the strike, is still giving Coxe Bros. & Co.'s officials con siderable annoyance. Tho section of the colliery In which the flames were discovered is so situated that the work of fighting the fire could not be followed by tho usual methods, and the blaze has so far proved an enigma to those who have been assigned tho task of extinguishing it. It is reported that the fire is now con fined to a limited area of the colliery, and the section has been sealed. There is no danger that it will spread further, but the vast quantity of coal that is in the sealed portion may require months to consume. An Investigation by tho officials has satisfied them as to the origin of the fire. It has been definitely ascertained that it was due to negligence on the part of tlmberinen who were making re pairs in the colliery, and was not the act of strikers, which was the theory originally advanced. U. M. W. of A. Convention. Ail the necessary arrangements for the seventh aunual convention of Dis trict No. 7, U. M. W. of A., have been completed. The sessions will begin tomorrow at the Grand opera house and will continue three days, perhaps longer. Many of the delegates who will attond are expected to arrive hero this evening and will be met by reception committees chosen from tho Freeland locals, who will give the visitors information con cerning hotels, rates, etc. Tomorrow evening a bail will be held at Krell's hall iu honor of the delegates, under the auspices of Locals 1499 and 1939, of town. St. Ann's band will furnish the dance music. Other forms of amusement to entertain the delegates during their stay here have been ar ranged for the following evenings. Bouk Trust Has Fall Sway. Butler, Sheldon & Co., a large school book publishing house, with headquar ters at Philadelphia, makes the an nouncement that it bas been swallowed up by the great text-book trust of the United States, which does business under tho corporate name of Amerean Book Company. Butler, Sheldon & Co. was one of the few school-book firms which could light the trust, and with it out of the way the school districts of the country can pre pare to pay higher prices for text-books, as the trust has now practically a mon opoly of the books used in the average district. Home for Railroad Men. Tho referendum vote of the Brother hood of Locomotive Firemen on the 825,000 appropriation for the erection of a home for aged and disabled railway employes has been counted. Tho result Is tho passage of the appropriation by 10,000 majority. The homo is at Highland Hook, a suburb of Chicago, but it has beon de cide to secure another location. The trainmen and conductors at their last conventions appropriated 825,000 each and a total of 875,000 will be used in the purchase of grounds and the erec tion of a suitable building. To Cure a Cohl in One Day Take Laxative Brouio Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cur*. E. W. Grove's signature Is on each box. 25c. Employment for Fifty Girls. Fifty girls can find remunerative em ployment at the Freeland silk mill. Applicants must bo over 13 years of age, and those between the ages of 13 and 10 must comply with factory law in every respect. Apply at mill ollice on Birkbeck street. "Minnesota's Best" Hour Is sold by A. Oswald. There is none better wade. CRESCENTS LOSE. Defeated by Pnttuville Saturday Evening by a Score of 10 to 3. The basket ball gaine on Saturday evening was won by the Pottsvllln Busi ness School team by a score of 10 to 3. The visitors proved themselves to bo the fastest and most aggressive organization that the Crescents have met up to the present time, and their team and indi vidual work won them many admirers among the large audience which gather ed at Krell's hall. The game opened and the rushing commenced with the ball up and down the hail without an opportunity by either side to shoot. In the earnestness of the visitors to procure the ball from the locals a foul was committed, and the referee allowed the Crescents a free throw. The basket was unsuccessful. Pottsville then secured the hall and scored 2 points. Another free throw al lowed the Crescents was successful. Pottsville again rushed the ball in the vicinity of their basket and again scor ed, but the points were not allowed. When the ball was again put in play the Crescents secured the sphoro and by neat passes succeeded in scoring a basket. The contest at this point became nip and tuck, with the locals leading, 3 to 2. Becoming desperate, Pottsville took all chances and the players shot, for a basket from any position. Many bas kets were thrown for, but only two were secured, one of which was Irregular and was not allowed. The half ended by a score of 4 to 3 in favor of the visit ors. After a selection by St. Ann's band the second half was commenced at the call of time by Referee Dr. Maley. The locals secured a free throw on a foul. The throw was unsuccessful. From now on the Crescents were on the de fensive. They played their opponents hard, but were unsuccessful In securing a basket during the half, the one basket thrown not being allowed. Pottsville succeeded in scoring three baskets which gave them G additional points, making a total of 10. It was a very fine exhibition and the game was played hard by both sides. The visitors were given the credit of being tho best team that has so far ap peared in town. Several slight hitches occurred during the evening about rules. The game was played according to Y. M. C. A. rules. The visitors have played in the past by National. In some instances the rules differ and mistakos were made by both sides. The line-up was as follows: Crescents. Positions. Pottsville. Nowak Forward llunzinger O'Donnell (Welsh). Forward (Kelly) Woll Welsh (Stolz) Centre Uusller Davis Guard H. Becker Jac