FREELAND TRIBUNE.
VOL. XV. NO. 134.
Beautiful Spring.
You can rest assured that it is
here now—shrewd buyers are
making their selections from our
line of smart and snappy Suits.
It is nice to have the first choice
and to wear the new things first.
Men's stylish Suits, $5 to sl3.
A School of Fashion.
Our store is a suitable school of
fashion in boys' clothing. The
standards are Blouse and Sailor
Norfolk Suits at $2.50, $3.50 and
y $4.00.
The newest in Hats, Caps,
Shoes, Furnishings, Dry Goods,
. Dress Goods, Notions, Etc.
JOHN SHIGO,
144 South Centre Street.
U '.ION STEOH,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
and
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Office: Rooms 1 and 2, Uirkbeck IJrick, Freeland
MoLAUUHLIN,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW.
Legal Business of Any Description.
, Bronuun's Building, 80. Centro Bt. Frwdaiid.
J. O'DONNELL,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Campbell Building, - Freeland.
White Haven Olllee, Kane Building, Opposite
Poatottico; Tuesdays, Saturdays.
''jpiiOS. A. UUOKLISY,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
All business given prompt attention.
Tribune Building, - - Main Street
N. MALEY,
DENTIST.
OVEH BIKKBBCK'S STORE,
Second Floor, - - Birkbeolc Brick
S. S HESS,
DENTIST.
d North Centre Street.
Bell Telephone.
Hecond Floor, - P. O. S. of A. Building.
DaPIERRO - BROS.
CAFE.
Corner of Centre and Front Streets.
Gibson, Dougherty, Kaufer Club,
Rosonbluth's Velvet, of which we hive
EXCLUSIVE SALE IN TOWN.
Mumrn'R Extra Dry Champagne,
Honneasy Brandy, Blackberry,
Gins, Wines, Clarets, Cordials, Etc
Ham and Hehtoeilz&r Cheese tiandwiches,
Sardines, Ktc.
MEALS AT - ALL - HOURS
T. CAMPBELL,
dealer in
Dry Goods, Groceries,
w Boots and Shoes,
Also
PURE WINES D LIQUORS
FOR FAMILY
AND MKDTGINAL PUR PORKS.
Centre nnd Main streets. Freeland.
Correct Spring Clothing
for Men and Boys
Those who take advantage of our unusual offers will be well
clothed as well as well pleased. Our clothing maintains
throughout a standard of high qualities and low prices
that cannot be equalled elsewhere, and the present show
ing is an example of this superiority. We have for men
and boys a grand array of new spring patterns in plain
colorings or fancies, blue serges and a great variety of
cassimeres and cheviots, stripes, plaids arid mixtures;
tailored in a most careful manner with reliable trimmings;
perfect fitting; with concave shoulders and sta-there fronts.
lelwicli'sfeiirWtlfligaolSioflloisfl
Our Stock of Ladies' Oxfords are the Prettiest in Town.
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33 and 35 South Tenth Street.
EXTENSION OF
THREE STREETS
Ridge, Centre and Pine Are
to Be Opened.
Ordinances Passed at the
Last Meeting of Council
Make This Possible—Con
siderable Other Business.
The borough council met Wednesday
evening with all members present, ex
cept Messrs. Doggett, Carpenter and
Moore. In the absence of the secretary
Mr. Crawford was chosen to act. After
the reading of the minutes Mr. McNeils
called council's attention to the fact
that the Board of Health was not in ex
istence and has failed to meet for at
least six months. He also noted that
the president had failed to abide by the
agreement In the deed of conveyance
whereby the trustees of the Knights of
Labor were to be given representation
on the library committee. The forego
ing wore noted and the minutes ap
proved.
Three ordinances for the extension of
Ridge and Centre streets to Scbwabe
and Pine street to Cunnius were road
and passed finally by unanimous votes
on tbreo readings. They were given to
the printing committee for publication.
The street committee was authorized
to Investigate and ascertain if land can
be purchased to open Laurel street in
the Fourth ward.
The special committee on securing a
cabinet had not done so, but expected to
have one in position by the next meeting.
In the matter of no report having yet
been filed by the auditor on annexation
of South Heberton, the burgess and soli
citor were instructed to take the auditor
into court for the purpose of learning
why he has not made a report; also to
effect a settlement with ox-tax collectors.
The street committee reported In
ability to secure a surveyor to have
work ordered done at last meeting.
The chair informed the committee that a
profile of Adams street has been found.
The president and burgess have not
yet signed the light contracts, but will
do so.
The sanitary committee reported that
some parties have made a dumping
ground for rubbish of lots on South and
Adams streets. The committee was
authorized to abate the nuisance.
The lire and water committee was
empowered to secure one dozen zincs
and coppers for the electrician.
The rails on South Ceotre street were
reported by Councilman Ward as dan
gerous to traffic. A motion prevailed
that the secretary and solicitor have
bills made out and sent to the different
companies from whom taxes are due on
rails, poles, wires, etc.
After much discussion on the Board
of Health question, the sanitary com
mittee was given charge of the task of
effecting a reorganization, if possible.
The president was empowered to in
vestigate the agreement in relation to
the library committee and report at the
next meeting.
Councilman Ward stated he had been
Continued on Fourth Page.
FREELAND, PA, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1903.
MEMORIAL DAY
Program of Exerctne Arranged far the
Ocoanloo by Maj. Coxe Poet.
Memorial Day, May 30, will be ob
served in Freeland with a parade and
exercises, as in former years. Follow
ing is the order of formation:
Chief Marshall and Aids.
Citizens 1 Hand.
Chief Burgess and Police Force.
Town Council.
Freeland Citizens 1 Hose Company.
Fourth Ward Fire Company.
Carriage with Speakers and Clergy.
First Division.
St. Ann's Parish Hand.
Freeland Council, No. 348, Jr. O. U. A.
M.
Washington Camp, No. 259, P. O. S. of A.
Washington Camp, No. 147, P. O. S. of A.
Loyal Castle, No. 65, Knights of Mystic
Chain.
Drifton Lodge, No. 246, D. O. H.
Second Division.
Kosciusko Guards.
First Magyar Society.
Magyar Vorhovy Society.
Third Division.
Y. M. C. A. Boys 1 Brigade.
(J. A. R. Drum Corps.
Maj. C. B. Coxe Post, No. 147, G. A. R.
All veterans of the Civil and Spanish j
wars are iuvited to parade with the G.
A. R
Route of Parade.
The parade will move at 1.30 p m.
from the corner of Main and Washing
ton streets, as follows: Down Washing
ton to Carbon, to Centre, to Walnut,
down Walnut to Birkbeck, out Birk
beck to Freeland cemetery, where the
closing ceremonies will be conducted,
with Chas. Orion Stroh, Esq., as chair
man.
Exercises at Cemetery.
Decoration of Graves.
Reading of Lincoln's Address.
Prayer by Rev. J. B. Kerschner.
Singing by Crescent Glee Club.
Music by Citizens' Band.
Orator of the Day, Daniel Kline, Esq.
Slngin'g by Crescent Glee Club.
Music by St. Ann's Parish Band.
Benediction, Rev. J. J. Kuntz.
Back Pay Tomorrow.
Notices were posted yesterday after- ;
noon at the collieries of G. B. Markle '
& Co. to the effect that the employes of !
the firm will bo paid tomorrow tho 10
per cent increase due them on wages
earned from November 1 to April 30.
The announcement came as a surprise
to the business people and the employes,
but was received with a cordial welcome
by all. The Upper Lehigh Coal Com
pany, J. S. Wentz & Co. and M. S.
Keinmerer & Co. have not yet an
nounced the date when they will pay
the arrearages.
The regular semi-monthly pays will be
distributed next week to the employes of
Jeddo, Highland, Oakdale, Ebervale,
Sandy Run, Upper Lehigh and Hazle
Brook collieries, also the monthly pays
of the D. S. & S. and Lehigh Valley
Railroads and several of the smaller in
dustries of town.
Local merchants therefore expect to
do some business during the balance of
the month, and those who advertise can
depend upon getting the bulk of the
money which will be spent.
Town Improvement.
Many residents are engaged in beauti
fying the graves of departed relatives in
the cemeteries of town.
Matthew Johnson is having a neat
fence erected and his property Improved
on Walnut street.
Contractor Griffith Is placlog a new
roof on tho Burke residence ou Walnut
street.
John M. Cunnius is making extensive
repairs to his property In the Second
ward.
Morris Ulrich Is having a fence erect
ed around his property in tho Second
ward.
Plans are being prepared for an ad
dition to St. John's Reformed church.
Agent for Mltchell'H Picture.
Bart McClennan, of Chestnut street,
has been granted permission to sell en
larged framed pictures of John Mitchell,
national president of the United Mine
Workers of America, and orders for the
same will be promptly filled. The pic
tures are 10x20 inches and were taken
direct from the latest photograph of tho
miners' champion and show the great
labor leader as he really appears today.
Frames can be selected to suit the taste.
This is one of the pictures which should
hold a place of honor in every working
man's home, and Mr. Mitchell's admirers
can depend that those now offered to
them are the only correct and authorized
pictures they have yet had the oppor
tunity of purchasing.
Mr. .McClennan was made agent for
these pictures because he Is a man
whose health was permanently ruined
in the mines. For this reason also the
pictures should find a ready sale among
the laboring people of this vicinity.
"Minnesota's Best" flour is sold by A
Oswald. There Is nOue better made.
SCHOOL BOARD
Routine BuHineHH Only Wah Transacted
at Last Evening's Meeting.
The May meeting of the borough
school board was held last evening and
was attended by Directors Brennan,
Buckley, Fettermau, Isaac, McGeehan,
Pureed, Sheibamer and Slattery.
The secretary reported that the case
of the Popsin boy, who is charged with
breaking into Ridge street school, is in
the bands of the solicitor, who has not
yet decided whether or not it would be
advisable for the board to prosecute the
offender.
The same officer reported that 90ine
necessary repairs had been made to the
South Washington street building.
The report of Supervising Principal
Hanlon for the seventh month showed
an enrollment for the term of 1,313; at
tendance for the month, 893; average
for the month, 761; average for term,
822; percentage for month, 82; percent
age for term, 84. Ho also reported
having collected $9.50 of the amount due
for tuition fees from pupils residing out
side the district.
The principal also called 'the board's
attention to the fact that he was obliged
to engage another substitute teacher for
a few days recently, owing to the ab
sence of two regular teachers. Miss
Annie Lindsay was placed in charge and
be recommended that she bo paid'at the
same rate as the regular substitute.
The report was accepted and the re
commendation approved.
The finance committee was authorized
to consult with the tax collector and fix
upon a date for a special meeting to
settle the accounts of the collector.
The following bills were ordered paid:
Coxe Bros. & Co., coal in March, $41.60;
P. J. Boyle, hauling coal, $3 50; Free
land Water Company, water in April,
$12.91.
Death of Aged Resident.
Mrs. John Melly, a resident of town
for over thirty years, died yesterday
afternoon at her homo on South Wash
ington street, after an illness of several
mouths. The deceased came to the
country from Ireland over half a cen
tury ago and settled at old Buck Moun
tain. Later she rosided at Eckley and
afterward moved to South Heberton,
now a part of the Third ward, where
she lived many years before moving to
the residence on South Washington
street. Mrs. Melly was a woman who
enjoyed the respect of a very large
number of friends and acquaintances
and her death is regretted by her many
friends.
She was aged 77 years and Is survived
by her husband and one son and three
daughters, as follows: School Director
W. J. Brogan, Mrs. John Gallagher,
Mrs. Sarah Lawlor and Mrs. James
McFlugh.
The funeral will take place at 9 o'clock
tomorrow morning. The remains will
be taken to St. Ann's church, where a
requiem mass will be road, after which
the funeral cortege will proceed to Haz
leton, where interment will be made at
St. Gabriel's cemetery.
Attacked by Vicious Dog.
From the Huzleton Sentinel.
Mary, aged 3 years, daughter of
George Marcuiko, of Hazle Brook, was
attacked by a dog yesterday and now
lies in critical condition. The child
wandered to the stable in the rear of
her home to see a litter of pups and
was attacked by the dog. Her face and
leg were severely bitten and torn. The
cries of the little one attracted the at
tention of her mother who rescued the
child. Hor recovery is doubtful. The
dog was shot.
With Those Who Are 111.
Reports from Philadelphia state that
Mrs. Fannie Jenkins, who went to that
city a few days ago to receive treatment
for throat trouble, is seriously ill.
Phil C. Miller, of Front street, who
has been dangerously ill at times during
the past few months, is again very low
Miss Una Vanauker, who was suffer
ing from typhoid fever, is able to be
about again.
James McCollum is very ill at his
home qn Walnut, street.
Two Banquets.
The members of St. Ann's band, with
their wives and lady friends and ex
members of the organization as their
guests, banquetted at the Hotel Osborne
last evening. This is an annual custom
of the band and last evening's affair was
one of the most successful yet hold.
On Wednesday evening the members
of Mayflower Assembly, Daughters of
Naomi, held a banquet at the same
hotel. It was well attended and eujoy
ed.
Large House for Hale.
A fourteen-room house on South
Centre street will he sold at a reasonable
iigure. Apply to T. A. Buckley, J. P.,
or David P. Jones, South Centre street.
Fishermen—try Ulrkbeck's tackle.
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
District President Dett.prv ha< receiv
ed a letter from C. P. Gildea, of Idaho,
who has been appointed a national
organizer of the United Mine Workers,
in which he states that he will arrive at
Hazleton tomorrow night to begin work
in the district. Gildea was one of the
blacklisted miners at Lansford.
In addition to paying the expense of
keeping the Foster township schools
of Drifton open a month longer than
the term fixed by the directors, Mrs.
Eckley B. Coxe has given notice that
she will also pay the cost of keeping
Woodsido schools open during the same
period.
The opening game of the base ball
season will be played Sunday afternoon,
when the Tigers will meet the strong
Stafford club of Wilkesbarre. Jacquot
and Gallagher will he the battery for
the local team. A first-class exhibition
can be looked for.
Hazleton seems to he a hoo-doo for
unions, judging from the number that
have fallen by the wayside after a brief
but propitious career. In the wake of
the disbandment of the Barbers and the
Laundry Workers' Unions follows the
collapse of the Retail Clerks Association.
—Standard.
Screen windows and screen doors are
selling at lowest prices at Birkbeck's.
The projectors of the Hazleton,
Weatherly and Mauch Chunk Trolley
Company have forfeited all the rights
granted them by the city of Hazleton,
due to their failure to file a $5,000 bond
as required within a period of thirty
days.
Arlington Deppe drove a team of
horses belonging to Lewis Lentz to Ce
menton, where they will be employed
on the construction of a new electric
railway. This team will give Mr.
Lentz ten head of horses on the job.
The fire engine will be tested tomor
row evening by the members of the
Fourth Ward Fire Company and the fire
and water committee of council. The
test will take place at the fire house on
the Hill.
The bond of M. P. Campbell, of East
Foster, who was re-elected as justice
of the peace in Foster township last
February, has been approved by the
court.
All kinds of ice cream at Merkt's.
Ilazle township school teachers have
not been paid their salaries for the past
ten weeks. Hazle township directors
are controlled by the Taxpayers Associa
tion.
P. J. Boyle placed the sprinkler in
service yesterday morning aud a decid
ed improvement in the condition of the
streets is noticeable.
Every employe of the Lehigh Traction
Company, with one exception, is a mem
ber of the Street Railway Employes
Union.
George Meneeiey, formerly of Sandy
Run, has resigned his position as mine
foreman at Winton, Lackawanna coun
ty-
Men's meeting on Sunday afternoon
at 3 30 o'clock at V. M. C. A. rooms.
All men invited.
W. J. Purcell Is home on a short va
cation from his work at South Beth
lehem.
Forty Hours' Devotion will begin at
St. Ann's church on Sunday.
Fine stock of garden tools, Blrkbeck's.
| From a Cat Scratch
on the arm, to the worst sort of a burn, !
sore or boll, DeWltt's Witch Hazel Salve
Is a quick cure. In buying Witch Hazel
Salve, be particular to get DeWltt's—
this is the salvo that heals without leav
ing a scar. A specllic for blind, bleed
ing. Itching, and protruding piles. Sold
by Grovor's City drug store.
Modern Dwelling for Bent.
Located on Birkbeck street; first floor
has parlor, sitting room, dining room,
kitchen, buttery; second floor, six bed
rooms and bath room; garret has three
plastered rooms; electric light through
out building; reasonable rent to right
party. Thomas Evans, Birkbeck street.
Grand New York Excursion.
Via Lehigh Valley Railroad. May 20.
Tickets limited five days, including dale
of issue. Fare from Freeland: Adults,
$3: children, 82.25.
See ticket agents for further partic
ulars.
Beautiful bammoclfs at Blrkbeck's.
TRI-WEEKLY
McMENAMIN'S
South Centre Street
jSHodpTA
SHAPES
Our store is headquarters for
High-Grade Footwear for men,
women and children; Hats and
Caps for men and boys; Furnish
ings of all kinds, and Youths'
Knee Pants.
McMENAMIN'S
South Centre Street
.A~ OSW-A-XjID,
doalor 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 Wont fit*., Freeland.
|We Can Sell Your Farm,
E Factory, Business op Resi
description and price and
$1,000,000 to Loan
Offices in all principal cities; highest Refer
ences. A. A. ROTTNER & CO., 816
RejHEitateJJld^JPh^
LAUBACH'S YIENNA 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 wagon* to all parts 0}
town and surroundings every day.
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN
Cuba Fruit and Land
Located 04 miles by rail and 67 by macad
amized highway, south west from Havana.
Sunshine, Fruit and Flowers. No Frost.
Send a postal for illustrated booklet to—
Charles H. Wbeelock, Pres. C. F. Co.,
GDS Maple Street, Itattle Creek, Mich.
Formerly of Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Geo. H. Hartman,
Meats and Green Tinck.
Frank Lard a Specialty.
Centre Street, near Central Hotel.
Condy 0. Boyle,
dealer In
LIQUOR, WINE, BEER, PORTER, ETC
The finest brands of Domestic ami Imported
vVhiskey on sale. Fresh Freeland Beer, Porter
and Ale on tap. 98 Centre si reet.
Wm. Wehrman,
ATCHMAZER
Centre street, Freclaud.
REPAIRING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,