FREELAND TRIBUNE. VOL. XV. NO. 114. Hustle Along If you want to be classed with the throng who have for weeks past taken advantage of the large assortment of bargains we have been offering. New spring goods are beginning to arrive, and it will be only a short time until these opportunities will have disappeared. To close them out quickly and give us more clear space for the extensive lines of Spring and Sum mer Goods which are coming in we are offering Clothing, Furnish ings, Shoes, Dry Goods, Notions, etc., at prices seldom heard of. JOHN SHIGO, 144 South Centre Street. OKIQN jTKOH, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW and NOTARY PUBLIC. OlHco: Rooms 1 and 2, Birkbeck Brick, Freeland MCLAUGHLIN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Leyul Bunness of Any Description. Brennau'a Building, So. Contro St. Froulmid. J. O'DONNELL, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Campbell Building, - - - Froeland. Wbitu iluven Office, Kane Building, Opposite Postoißoc; Tuesdays, Saturdays. JOHN J. McBKEARTY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Legal Business of ovury description. Fire Insurance, and Conveyancing given prompt attention. McMcnainin Building, South Centre Street. A. BUCKLEY, . JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. All business given prompt attention. Tribune Building, - - Main Street N. MALKY, DENTIST. OVER BIRKBKCK'S STORK, Second Floor, - - Birkbeck Brick S. E. HAYES, FIRE INSURANCE AGENT. Washington Street. None but reliable companies represented. Also agent for the celebrated high-grade Pianos of Hazoltou Bros., New York city. S. S. HESS, DENTIST. North Centre Street. Bell Telephone. Second Floor, - P. O. S. of A. Building. Wm. Wehrman, WATCHMAKER Centre street, Freeland. REPAIRING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. DePIERRO - BROS. CAFE. Uoruer of Centre and Front Streets. Gibson, Dougherty, Kaufer Club, Rosenbluth's Velvet, of which wo hive EXCLUSIVE SALE IN TOWN. Mutiim's Extra Dry Champagne. Hennesay Brandy, Blackberry, Gins, Wines, Clarets, Cordials, Etc Ham and Hrhweitzer Cheese Sandwiches, Sardines, Ktc. MTSALS AT - ALL - HOURS T T SPECIAL SALE OF WINES AND LIQUORS. .'3 0-yr-old Port, Sherry, Catawba, Angelica Muscatel, $2 per gal., 500 qt. <<j y> feyrold Rye Whisky, as fine as any, $2.50 per gallon. 75c per quart. J L> Monogram Rye. 75c per bottle. Holland Gin. 75c per bottle. F The chonpest cud best place in town to buy your wines and Liquors. i I fill AC niKUPOK II k- tlalMVl IIU WVlKiiUlma All Qood* Delivered Charge,J) CITIZENS' BANK OF FREELAND. H. C. Koons, President. Thomas Birkbeck, Vice President. Charles Dusheck, Secretary. B. R. Davis, Cashier. Andrew Shigo, Teller. DIRECTORS: JOHN* SHIGO, JOHN BURTON, THOMAS BIRKBECK, H. C. KOONS, ANTHONY RUDEWICK, CHARLES DUSHECK. Handsome Steel Home Saving Banks will be furnished by us to parties depositing one dollar or more. If at anytime the account of any party is closed the Bank is to be returned. These Banks are being extensively used by children and others in laying by and saving their money and thereby teaching them habits of economy and thrift. Interest will be allowed on these deposits. The Banks are to be brought to us, where they will be unlocked, contents counted and credited in a book furnished by this Bank, which is the oldest and strongest Bank in the town of Freeland, having been in business since 1890. MINERS WAIT. FOR MITCHELL Union President to Official ly Interpret Report. Local Labor Leaders and Mine Workers Are Not Enthusiastic Over the Awards of the Commission. The report of the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission was made public at noon on Saturday, and since that hour it has been the all-important subject of discussion in and around Freeland. The official summary of the report, pre pared by the commission, is published on the fourth page of today's issue, and those who have not yet acquainted themselves with the amount and nature of the awards can now do so. Local labor leaders and a majority of the rank and file of the United Mine Workers of America refuse to express an opinion on the report. At a joint meeting of the local unions of Freeland and vicinity attheGrand opera boiisoyes terday, which was addressed by District President W. R. Dettrey, National Board Member P. G. Gallagher and District Vice President Andrew Matti, the re port received scant mention. The speakors informed th' lr audience that inasmuch as they have so far re ceived no official notice of the awards they are not in a position to comment upon the work and findings of the com mission. They further stated that they expect to receive from the national president, .lohn Mitchell, an official Interpretation !of the report, and until this has boon sent out to the officers of the anthracite districts the United Mine Workers, as an organization, will be silent on the subject. There are some, however, who are not disposed to wait for the union offi cials to inform them that the commis sion's report is a disappointment; and they make no effort to conceal the fact that tbey expected more substantial I gains from the men who spent months in investigating the strike and its causes. There are others, again, who are dis appointed at the present version, but have hopes that when the unabridged report is givep out that the mine work ers as a whole will fare better and that many complicated poiuts will be made more clear. They also look to the com plete report to deal more fully with many matters which came before the commission during its hearings and which are treated very lightly in the summary. Taking the mine workers as a whole, the report at the preseut time Is not favorably received in this particular section of the coal field, but having given their word to abide by the result the mine workers here will live up to the letter and spirit of the report. Until John Mitchell makes an official declaration on the subject the miners will make no effort to officially interpret the awards or take any action in the matter. Rival to Marconi. A wireless telegraphy system, which he believes to bo superior to Marconi's, FREELAND, PA., MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1903. has been invented by Father Joseph Murgas, of the Sacred Heart Slavish Catholic church, Wllkosbarre. He is to have it patented shortly and is now completing the draft of the system to submit to the patent office at Washing ton. For twenty years Father Murgas has been a student of electricity, being a member of the famous Societie Elec troteonlque, of Vienna. For the past four years he has devoted himself to the perfection of the idea he conceived for a wireless telegraph. His means have been limited and he has had no assistance In his work, but he has managed to make such progress that lie has communicated with Wyom ing, eight miles away, and has frequent communication with the Polish church, on Park avenue, two miles away. In theyard'of the parochial residence he has erected a large pole topped with a great copper ball and with two others below it, and this is his receiving and sending pole. With a higher one and a large copper ball he savs be would be able to send messages much further. At present he is confident that he can send them seventy miles through the earth and much further through the sea. Fathor Murgas gave several tostg of his instruments, which apparently were effective. lie secures his electric power from the street lighting wires and has twelve large storage batteries in his cellar. Miners' Big Meeting. A j"it meeting of the U. M. VV. of A. I local unions of Freeiand and vicinity | was held yesterday afternoon at the Grand opera house. About 700 men were present and were addressee? by W. It. Lottery, district president; Council man P. G. Gallagher, national executive board member, and Andrew Matti, dis trict vice president, Christy Burns, president of L. U. 1499, presided. The object of the meeting was to rouse the union miners to the necessity of keeping their ranks intact and to take deeper interest in the atT&irs of the organization. The speakers exhorted tho mine workers to give the union thoir undivided attention and to conduct its business in tho manner prescribed by its national and local constitutions. Much was also said on subjects of private interest to the members. Owing to tho speakers having no offi cial notice of the report of the commis sion, this matter was not discussed at the meeting. Stole Copper Wire. Julius Troy, who has represented the Nineteenth ward of .Scranton In com mon council for the last two years and who was re-elected in February, was hold in SI,OOO bail in police court charged with the theft of $250 worth of copper wire from the Lackawanna aud Wyoming Valley Railroad Company. The company is installing a third rail electric road between Scranton and Wilkesbarre and recently discovered that heavy copper wire used to connect the rails had been cut away from almost every connection between that city and Avoca. Suspicion fell on Troy and lie was arrested on his way to a junk shop with upwards of fifty pounds of wire in ills possession. In police court today he said he bought the wire from a man with whom he was not acquainted. Short Time at Mines. After today and until further notice the collieries of Coxe Bros. & Co. will be operated as follows: Drifton, ten hours as usual; Eckley and Buck Moun tain, eight hours per day; Oneida and Derringer, four days per week; Beaver Meadow, four full days and two half days per week. Schwabe's colliery in the Third ward suspended operations on Saturday, ow ing to the overstocked condition of the anthracite market. It is expected that the mine will be closed for not less than ten days. To Ci)re Cold In One I>ay Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature is on each box. 25c. The largest assortment and greatest variety of wall paper at Wm. Blrkbeck's. MISCKLLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS. INSTATE OF AUGUSTUS DONOP, late of XL Freeiand, deoeaaed. Letters testamentary upon the above named estate having been granted to the undersigned, all persons indebted to said estate are request ed to muke payment, and those having claims or demands to present the suiuc, without du lay, to Amelia Donop. thus. Orion Stroh, Attorney. N'OTICR.— All persons who purchased lots ou installments from Mathias tieliwabe and have not paid in full for same are re quested to make payment on or before April 1, Those who are unuble or unwilling to do so are notified to cull upon the underamued without delay. . Mathias Schwabe. Geo. H. Hartman, Meats and Green Tinck. Fresh Lard a Specialty. Centre Street, near Central Hotel, THEATRICAL. E. C. Underner has made an elaborate production one of the latest successful melodramas ever written, "A Break for Liberty," in which the scenes are laid in and around Pittsburg, and taking for the subject the escapades of the late Biddle Brothers. To those that have followed the his tory of the Biddies from the time of their arrest In Pittsburg uutll their es cape from the county jail in that city, their struggle against great odds, for life and liberty, and their final capture and death, one can see at a glance the great possibilities for dramatic action. The author, H. P. Taylor, has depart ed from the everyday melodrama where the villain, hero or heroine or some one else in the play must be shot every few minutes. It is true that in "A Break for Liberty" the play Is not complete without it? The use of lire-arms comes into legitimate play during two of the scenes, the escape from the Pittsburg jail and the desperate battle which takes place in the blinding snow storm, between the officers of the law on one side the Biddle Brothers and the war den's wife on the other. Mr. Underner has not stopped at ex pense for this production. Money has been expended lavishly, and it can be stated without hesitation that a produc tion will be furnished that will not be surpassed by any attraction playing. The cast will bo an exceptionally strong ono, containing the natnes of artists that are well known to the theater-go ing public and will be seen at the Grand opera house oa Wednesday evoulng. t t t Magician Keene gave a very good en tertainment at the Grand opera house Saturday evening. Ills slelght-of-hand and telepathic work won him much ap plause, and his spirit cabinet trick was a fitting conclusion to the performance. During the evening the audience was entertained by the Nevarro sisters ID songs and dances, and by Trewetz, a musician, who was ono of the best that has been here for some time. The show was worthy of better patronage. New Railway Opened. Tho Wilkesbarre and Llazleton Rail way Company opened its line to Ashley Junction on Saturday morning and the traffic on the first day was all the man agement expected. Passengers are taken to Ashloy Junction, where they are transferred to the trolley cars of the Wilkesbarre and Wyoming Valley Company, by which all the towns in the upper end are reached. One hour and five minutes is the time consumed be tween llazleton and Ashley, but after the roadbed has been strengthened and the half-mile tunnel widened this will be reduced to an hour or less. In about a month the line will be in shape to run cars direct to Public Square, Wilkes barre. For the' Information of Free land people who wish to U9e the now line when bound for the county seat or intermediate points the timetable will be found on the fourth page. On Friday afternoon a largo party of Wilkesbarre, llazleton and Freeiand people were taken over the line in a special car. They were tho guests of Alvan Markle, general manager. The party was shown through the great power house at St. Johns and during the ride the many improvements pos sessed by this line over the ordinary trolley system were explained by Super intendent G. W. Thompson and General Agent A. F. Harger. The line traverses one of the most plcture9qu sections of tho county, and whether patronized for pleasure or busi ness purposes it will bo found well worth a trip. Mine Inspector Fenton, of Mahanoy City, has caused a warrant to be issued for the arrest of Felix Sinoskl, of Park Place, for violating the mine laws. Sinoskl is said to have removed the top of his saffety lamp and struck a match to relight it at Park colliery, causing an explosion, which burned himself and others. His Is the first arrest of its kind in some years. Schuylkill county physicians aro puz zled over tho case of George Ploppert, o* Pottsvllle, who has lived for two yejirs with a broken neck and a fractured Kpine without knowing it. He has been removed to Ashland hospital, where operations will bo performed in the hope of prolonging the man's life. William Toole, of Wilkesbarre, wont to Sunbury and identified the body found In the Susquehanna river there as that of his father, who leaped into the river from Market street bridge, Wilkesbarre, on February 14. In the dead man's paut&loons pocket $lO4 was found. "Minnesota's Best" Hour is sold by A. Oswald. There Is none bettor made. Beautiful wall paper atVVin. Blrkbeck's. LOCAL NOTES WRITTEN IIP Short Items of Interest to All Readers. Happenings of the Past Two Days in and Around Freeland Recorded With out Waste of Words. Leo McDonald, of town, a student at Carlisle, has become a member of the Glee and Musical Club of the Institution and will accompany them on a short tour. Mr. McDonald is an accomplish ed clarinet player and will make a valuable addition to the organization. The club will appear in Hazleton on Friday evening. D. F. O'Donnell has leased the Neu- Burger property on Centre street and will remove his store on April 1 from the Boyle building. The premises are at present occupied by John Bellezza, who is preparing to take possession of the building which ho recently purchased on the opposite side of the street. A month's mind mass in memory of the late William F. Hayes will bo cele brated. at St. Ann's church on Thurs day morning at 8 o'clock. This mass was to have been celebrated this morn ing, but was postponed on account of the inclement weather. John Popish, who resides at the cor ner of Ridge and Main streets and is employed as an engineer at the brewery, was taken to a Wilkesbarre hospital Saturday evening to receive treatment for internal troubles. The school teachers of District No. 9 attended the institute held here in large numbers on Saturday. The Interesting program prepared by Chairman E. F. Hanlon was carried out to the satisfac tion of all. The directors of the Middle Coal Field Poor District have had a measure draft ed, the object of which i 9 to increase their salary from SSO to at least S3OO. The measure will be introduced next week. Coxe Bros. & Co. are making prepara tions to drive a tunnel 2,000 feet long at Beaver Meadow and to sink two shafts, one 210 feet and the other 500 feet deep, at Oneida. Several local fishermen viewed the ruins of Hayes creek dam yesterday. Fish Wlrden Malioy has had the wreck photographed by Charles Dornbach. Ice cream on sale at Merkt's. Among those who are seriously ill are Mrs. VVllliatu J. Eekert, South Centre street, and John M. Powell, Walnut street. Walter L. Richards, Julius Lesser and Frank Smith are Fost&r township citizens who are serving as jurors this week. The Feast of the Annunciation will be celebrated at St. Ann's church with a mass at 8 o'clock Wednesday morning. Emanuel Brior, of Drifton, has ac cepted a clerkship in Wentz & Co.'s 9tore at Silver Brook. The Freeland pupils of East Strouds burg normal school are home on their spring vacation. Scranton basket ball club is booked to play the Crescents here tomorrow evening. Miss Maine Hayes, of town, has won the class honors at Bloomsburg normal school. Wall paper from 7c per double roll up at Wm. Birkbeck's. All the 1903 styles. Overexertion brought on by excessive rope-jumping caused the death of six year-old Susie Levich, at Sheppton, on Saturday. The child dropped over after jumping 200 times. The court on Saturday gave decisions on eight Ptttston license applications which were held over when the geueral announcement was made. Seven were refused and one granted. Hattie Vanbuskirk, aged 18 years, of West Pittston, is suffering from a bullet wound in her side. She attempted suicide, it is alleged, because she was reprimanded by her mother. The Shamokin Landlords' Association has decided that tenants in arrears by April 1 shall not be allowed to remove unless their back rent be paid In full, neither will members of the association accept as tennants any porson who can not show a receipt for rent paid to date. PLEASURE. April 20.—Operetta, "The Minstrel of Capri," benefit of St. Anthony's Italian Catholic church, at the Grand opera house. Admission, 25, 35, 50c. TR I-WEEKLY McMENAMIN'S South Centre Street OUR SPRING DISPLAY IS NOW READY We open the Spring season with the most complete line of Dress Shirts for boys, youths and men that Freeland has ever seen, both in variety and quantity. Our goods are of the very latest styles and our prices the lowest, consist ent with quality, Our Shirts are made by the most reliable manu facturers in the country, as the cut below will show. Begin Spring with a new hat, but don't let any one palm off a last season article on you. Our Hats range from SI.OO up, and every one of them is the correct shape. We are sole agents for the celebrated Hawess3.oo hat, which is the equal of anything in its line sold at $5.00. McMENAMIN'S South Centre Street .A.. OSWALD, 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 Bts., Freeland. T. CAMPBELL, dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes. Also PURE WINES $ LIQUORS FOR FAMILT AND MKDICINAL PVRPOBRB. Centre and Main streets. Freeland. LAUBACirS VIENNA BAKERY. B. C. LAUBACH, Prop. Choice Bread of All Kinds, Cakes, and Pas try, Daily. Fancy and Novelty Cakes Baked to Order. CONFECTIONERY AND ICE CREAM 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. GRAND OPERA HOUSE. J. J. McMcuamin, Manager. Wednesday Evening, March 25. The sensation of the season, "A Break for Liberty." Founded on the life of the Famous Biddle Brothers and the Great Pittsburg Tragedy. Prices: 25, 35, 50, 75c. Seats on sule at McMenauaiu's store.
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