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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-02-27

The members of the borough council
met in special session on Monday even
ing to go over the accounts of Tax Col
lector Malloy for the year 1895. All the
members were present. Tho accounts
were gone over and number of exon
erations were allowed the collector on
persons who were dead or had removed.
At the last years meeting with Mr.. Nal
10y he was charged with $S.9f on per-
sonal taxes, and of this amount he col
lected So. He was exonerated from the
balance
Burgess Mclaughlin presented his
report for month of January us follows:
Receipts from all sources, S2425: com
mission and fees, $3.50; balance due
.he borough, S1l.75. The following
sums Were presented as police expenses:
John Molill, $3.50; Patrick Welsh, S3.75:
John w. Slattery, $l.25; total, $3.50.
The report was accepted and ordered
paid.
A bill for $3.50 from James j. Ward,
salary as health officer for six months,
was read. 1t being endorsed by the
president and secretay of the Board of
Health, the secretary was authorized to
issue an order for the amount.
The members of the lookup committee
were instructed to procure the necessary
furniture for the council room.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-02-27
Fatal Accident at CentralIa.

The Centralia coiery was the scene of a
terrific boiler explosion late Tuesday
night People residing in the vicinity
were thrown from their beds by the shock.
Itwas subsequently learned that two of
a nest of eight boilers at the Centralia
colliery, now owned by the Lehigh Val
ley Coal Company, had exploded, demol-
ishing the boiler house and instantly
killing Michael Rubeck and fatally in
juring Anthony Zornski
The men were engaged in taking out
ashes from under the boilers at the time
of the explosion and received its entire
force. Rubeck was found under a sec
tion of one of the boilers, his body torn
and Scaded in terrible manner. Zorn-
ski was found about fifty feet away from
the boilers, having been thrown there
by the force of the explosion. He was
yet alive, but his body was badly
mangled and scaded, and he died shortly
after reaching the Miners hospital at
Ashland.
The mule which was hitched to the
cart into which the two unfortunate
men were shoveling the ashes was al
most buried in bank of coal in front
of the boilers, while the cart was re-
duced to splinters. Two large stacks
were thrown over and the boiler house
was wrocknd
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-02-27

Saturday night has been selected by
the managers of the A. o. II. fair at
Eckley as 'Freeland night" and spe-
cial invitation is given to the people of
this side to attend on that evening. A
bus will leave O'Donnell's livery at $50
p. m. for Echley. The fare will be 10
cents. At 7.30 o'clock the second trip
to Eckley will be made by the bus, and
another an hour later. The return
trips will be made at 0, 10 and II o'clock.
The fair is a pleasant place to spend
Saturday evening, and all who desire to
attend it should avail themselves of the
conveniences to be offered on that night.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-02-27
Thoughtful Had Missed.

Dominic Gallagher had his right leg
broken and narrowly escaped more seri-
Gus injuries at No. 2 Highland colliery
yesterday afternoon. He was engaged
in firing blast, but it missed fire three
times. As he was returning to examine
went off, and the coal caught him about
the legs. Had he been much closer his
injuries would probably be more severe
lie was taken to his homo on the Hill
where physicians dressed the broken leg
and other cuts about the body, and in
the evening he was taken to Hazleton
hospital.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-02-27
SPORTING SPRAYS.

The prospective pugilstic encounter
between McCadden, of the Heights, and
"Scaldy Bill" Quinn, of Hazleton, was
satisfactorily arranged in this city Mon
day night. The ''go" will be for $500 a
side and will be pulled off at Freeland
on March "a, although the exact spot
where the fray will take place has not
yet been made known. McCadden will
be trained by Jimmy Mitchell, of Phila-
dclphia, and is backed by j. D. Rey-
nolds and several other prominent sports
of this city. Quinn has number Of en-
llazleton, foremost among which is a
well known sporting man named Eames.
He will be trained by Hazleton man.
All the arrangements have been com
peted for the fight. and much specula-
tion is rife as to which man will come
out on top. Already considerable bet
ting is being done and 1t is probable u
large amount of money will change
hands. 1t is said that McCadden has
improved wonderfully in the manly art
Times
John Boner, Of Lansford, sends the
following II do hereby challenge Peter
Mahcr to fight to finish Marquis of
Queensbcrry rules, for from SEQ to o., 900
a side, and the best purse obtainable.
Mr.. Maher will remember me as the
man who nearly defeated him in four
rounds at Tamaqua, on the night of Oc-
any more contests, he will please recog-
nize this challenge. John Boner." This
is very loud talk on the part of Boner,
who does not post any money to show
that he can make good his boasting. A
few hundred dollars put up as forfeit
wonld impress sporting men more than
IL dozen letters like Boners. 1t would
seem, considering Boner's record, that
he is flying very high. There are a
dozen heavy and middle-weights who
could give Boner an argument before he
tackles Maher.-Phila. Record.
"Maid of Butte" Harrisburg dog,
took the first three prizes at the New
York dog show, and its owner has been
offered 81, 500 for the animal by two
parties, Cissy Fitzgerald, the actress,
and J. Pierpont Morgan, the banker
1t was not enough.
Charles McGeehan, the crack all
around player of the Tigers, will enter
the State league next year. Knowing
one predict for Charley "a successful
career in the professional ranks as he
has all the qualifications of ball player
-Hazleton Sentinel.
Charles Johnson, of Minneapolis, who
was defeated here by "Scaldy" Bill a
few weeks ago, was knocked out in
eight rounds in Paterson, N. j., on Mon
day night by James Handler, of Newark.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-02-27
PERSONALITIES.

DR.. Joseph f. Gallagher has resigned
account of failing health. Accompanied
by his mother, Mrs. Hugh Gallagher, he
left on Tuesday for North Carolina,
where he expects the climate will pro-
ducea beneficial effect upon his system.
Salvatore DePierro was rendered a
serenade on Monday evening by the May
berry band. 1t was his twenty-sixth
birthday and he entertained the band
boys royalty.
Patrick O'Donnell, of Highland, has
removed his family to Silver Brook, and
Peter Waters and family, of the same
place, have changed their residence to
Deringer.
Miss Fannie Boyle, of Jeanesville,
spent the forepart of the week with the
family of Hugh O'Donnell on Walnut
street.
ton P. e. church, left yesterday to visit
the Holy Land and other parts of Asia.
Miss Annie Laury and Mrs. Gildea, of
of Jeanesvlle, were visiting friends in
in town on Monday.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Pat
rick Gallagher, of South Centre street,
on Monday.
P. f. Harvey, of Paterson, Columbia
county, spent the week with Freeland
relatives.
p. E. Faust, of the Weathorly Herald,
made business visit to town on Tues
day.
Thomas Gallagher, of Nesquehoning,
visited friends here this week.
Miss Sadie Brennan is visiting New
York relatives this week.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-02-27

Mrs. Edward Hayes, of Treverton, a
little place near Shamokin, who was
married ten days ago, has entered suit
for a divorce in the courts, as she has
learned that her husband is burglar
The womens maiden name was Annie
Ziegler, and she welded Hayes after a
short acquaintance, he having repre-
sented that he was worth considerable
money. Hayes took his wife to Milton,
where they were living happily until
Tuesday night, when he was arrested on
three separate charges of burglary.
Clarence Ludwick, his companion,
was also taken into custody, and they
are now behind the bars in Sunbury
Jail. When Mrs. Hayes learned the true
character of her husband she imme-
diately began proceedings to free her
self from him.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-02-27
How the omces Are Divided.

In Freeland borough there are thirty
nine elective offices, and after the re-
cent successful candidates are seated
they will be filed as follows: By Demo-
Gratis, burgess, tax collector, assessor,
high constable, two justices of the peace,
four councilmen, four school directors,
three auditors, one constable, two judges
of election, four inspectors and two as
sistant assessors, total, 26; by Republi-
cans, two councilmen, two school direc-
tors, one constable, two judges of cleo
tion, four inspectors and two assistant
assessors. total 10.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-02-27
Taken to the EenitentiarY.

On Monday six more prisoners were
taken from the county jail to the peni-
tentiary at Philadelphia. They were
William Penn Bowman, sentenced for
life; Joseph Belas, fourteen years; Clio
vanni Distosto, eight years; Thomas
Simonson, two years and month; John
Golden and John Kerda, four years and
nine months each. Before going, Bow
man was baptized and received into the
Catholic Church by Father Dunn, of
Wlkesbarre. He had been taking in
structions in that faith since his SEN
tence was pronounced
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-02-27

Rev. j. Miller Morris, pastor OF the
First Baptist church at Duryea, who
disappeared about four weeks ago, leav-
ing all In darkness as to Whereabouts,
returned home on Saturday. He says
he went away to visit relatives, as he
needed rest. Further than this he has
given no explanation as to his absence.
His wife has been living in the home
since her return home from Binghamton,
where she visited, about two weeks ago.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-02-27
Organizing tho Miners.
From the Hazleton Standard.

From the Hazleton Standard.
John Fahey, president of the United
Mine Workers, with his assistant, Mr..
Daugherty, are meeting with unbound
ed success in their efforts to organic
the miners of this district. On Saturday
they expounded practical knowledge to
large audience in Union Hall, Honey
Brook, and every one present seemed to
be impressed with the ideas expressed,
and the result was that branch of
United Mine Workers was formed. An
other important mass meeting of Auden-
ried and Beaver Brook miners was con-
Quoted Monday evening, and the forma-
tion of a promising organization with
scores of members was accomplished
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-02-27

James Fisher, who was recently re-
leased from jail, whore he was year
awaiting trial in connection with the
-Reick murder case, was sent to Jail
again on Saturday. He took a load of
produce from county seat market
house for the purpose of peddling it, but
nothing was heard of Jim or the money.
When he returned he was arrested and
in default of $500 bail he went to jail.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-02-27
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
PARAGRAPHS GATHERED FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE REGION.
Synopsis of Local and Miscellaneous Oc-
currences That Can BE Read Quickly.
What the Folks of This and Other
Towns are Doing.

Towns are Doing.
The St. Patrick's cornet band will
attend the A. O. II. fair at Eckley on
Saturday evening.
Mcdonald is closing out his big stock
of reliable shoes.
DR.. II. p. Neumuler, father of ex-Poor
Director A. NJ. Neumuller, died at his
home in Lansford on Tuesday.
Quite a number of the Jewish resi-
dents of town attended the Hebrew
charity ball at lIazeton last evening
Roll butter bought at Oswald's is
always fresh and sweet
The Waterloo Piano Company, of
Waterloo, N. Y, opened branch store
in town yesterday. 1t is in charge Of
w. d. Gise.
Bernard Boyle, OF town, who was
severly hurt in the mines few weeks
ago, is making fair progress at the
Hazleton hospital. e.
Fresh fish every Wednesday and Fri
day at McNelis' meat market
A. S. Monroe is spoken of as prob
able Republican candidate for state
senator, and E. p Kisner as the prob
able Democratic nominee.
The schools at Maltby, above Wilkes
barre, have been closed on account of
small poX in the town. Three persons
are now afflicted with the disease.
Shoes at your own figures can be had
at the Wear Well Shoe house.
The fair of the Liberty band, of
Hazleton, was attended last evening by
the ST. Patrick's band and the May berry
band will attend tomorrow evening,
Frank DePierro has started his can
yass for the Republican nomination for
county commissioner, and he is encour-
aged by the promises of support re-
ceived from the different parts of the
county.
Eggs sold at Oswald's are guaranteed
to be fresh. Try dozen or two.
Sufficient money has been subscribed
for the bonds which the proposed overall
factory will issue. A meeting of the
committee which has charge of the
project will be held tonight to arrange
the necessary papers and other details.
Revival services at st. Paul's p. NJ.
church are attended by many people
every evening. Miss Lizzie B. Sharp, of
New Jersey, the noted evangelist, has
aroused much interest and number of
conversions will follow as Il result OF her
visit.
Shoes at McDonald's at rock bottom
prices. All kinds at the lowest prices.
DR.. T. NJ. Powell, of Hazleton, an
nounces himself today as candidate
for the Republican nomination for the
assembly. The doctor has hundreds of
friends here, where he resided several
years, who would be pleased. to see him
go to Harrisburg.
The Wear Well Shoe House is closing
out everything This is the time for our
readers 20 buy cheap footwear
The Lehighton AdoOcate changed yes
terday from a weekly to "a semi-weekly
publication, thereby keeping itself in
the front rank of progressive country
newspapers. The change should be II
success in every respect, and the Messrs.
Mortimer have the ability and facilities
to make it successful and profitable.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-02-27

Attorney General Mccormick has re-
fused writ of quo warranto against
the Cambria Iron Company, which was
charged by several citizens of Johns
town with conducting company store,
contrary to law, under the firm title.of
the Pennsylvania Traffic Company. All
the allegations were specifically den c l
by the company, which says that it has
no interests in the store in question or
any company store. The attorney gen
eral says he is but following the practice
OF the department in refusing "A writ
when no case has been made ont. This
case was taken as a test of the company
store law, and its failure to secure n
trial is regretted by the opponents of
the company store system.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-02-27

Every shoe in the Wear Well must be
sold within few weeks. The proprietor,
NJ. Refowich, must vacate the building
and he intends to return to New York
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-02-27
PLEASURE CALENDAR.

February 27.-Fair of Division 20, A. o.
H., at Eckley.
March 17.-Annual ball OF st Patrcks S
Beneficial Society at Young Mems
opera house. Admission, so cents.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-02-27
TN THE CoURT OF COMMON PLEAS of

IN THE NOURT OF COMMON Pleas OF
l. Luzerne county, No. se26, March term 1896
Notice is hereby given that an application
will be made to the said court on saturday,
March n, 1876, mt 10 II. m, under the act of as.
sembly of the commonwealth of PennSyl-
vana entitled, IAN act to provide for the in
corporation and regulation of certain corpora
tions," approved April -, 1874, and the supple
ments thereto, for the charter of an intended
corporation to be called "Slavonic EVangelical
Union of America" the character and object
whereof is TO. assist its members in distress,
sickness and death; and for these purposes TO
have, possess and enjoy all the rights, bene-
fits and privileges conferred by the said act of
assembly and its supplements.
The proposed charter is now on file in the
prothonotary's Office.
John NJ. Carr, solicitor.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-02-27

Ladies should not miss the bargains in
shoes which McDonald's closing out sale
offers. Some choice bargains left.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-02-27

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castorla.
When she was Child she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-02-27

L'OR RENT.-Once rooms i'm the McNIenamin
~ building, South Centre street; suitable for
any profession or business. For terms apply
on premises or to j. j. McMenamin, Freeland
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-02-27

Shoes, shoes, shoes, at McDonald's.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-02-27

Call at oswald's for fresh eggs.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-14
PERSONAL.

John Morley was onced asked concern
ing the influence that had nodded his
life Pointing to portraits of John Stuart
Mill and Mr.. Gladstone, he replied These
two men have made me-
Capt. Archibald Lucius Douglas, who
has just been promoted to the rank of
rear admiral in the British navy, is a
native of the city of Quebec. The family
went there from Brechin, Forfarshire.
The late Archdeacon Cooper, who was
one Of the most popular and most highly
esteemed ecclesastics in the north of
England, took high honors 1T Cambridge
and he was for more than twenty wears
one of the most active and prominent of
the university "dons."
John Bloodgood, the New York bank
er who died the ether day at New Marl-
boro, backed W r. Laidlaw in his suit
against Russell Sage for damages for in
juries received when the millionaire push
ed Laidlaw between himself and Norcross
the bomb-thrower.
Professor Nathaniel Schmidt, who has
been appointed to fill the chair Of Semitic
languages at Cornell university, was born
in Sweden, of German parents, and edu-
Gated in Stockholm, Berlin and New York
He is familiar with the Ethiopian. Assyr-
ian, Arabic and many other languages
Mrs. S. V. Root, of st. Paul, MINI.
has been appointed by Mayor Moran as
a special police officer, possessing full
power to make arrests. She desired the
appointment to aid her work in connec-
ton with the rescue home, an institution
for the reformation of fallen women, with
which she has long been connected.
quite an excitement was created re-
Gently by the mistake of a telegraph oper-
ator at Hatfield England where Cecil.
the son of the Marquis of Salisbury, raises
bees. He sent to the nearest town for A
queen bee and received a telegram saying
THE queen will arrive by $40 this after
noon" The operator supposing it to re-
fer to the Queen of England, could not
keep such important news to himself, and
so there was an immense crowd at the sta
ton when the bee arrived
Sir Jacobus de Wet. the British agent
at Pretoria, in a now famous telegram,
expressed his willingness to retire lin IA
vor of an Bngshman'' if a pension were
given him. He got the pension, retired
and Mr.. w. c. Greene has been sent out
to NIL the now important position But
the new "Englishman'' turns out to be
an Irishman, says the New York Times
The Irish the Unionists assert, are unfit
to manage their own affairs; but it is GU
rious how many Irishmen are employed
in managing the affairs of the English
empire. Indeed, one may almost say that
whenever a man is wanted for a difficult
job, the rule is, "send out an Irishman. -
In South Africa. the high commissioner
the governor of Natal, and now the agent
general at Pretoria, are all Irishmen.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-14
Had Not Improved.

zone of the most amusing incidents of
travel that 1 know" said the traveller sit
ting on the piazza of the summer hotel,
according to the New York Times, "oc-
CURED to a man 1 used to know in New
Jersey. He was a minister named Barry.
He is not living now. He was making a
tour abroad, and his knowledge of any
language besides his own was limited. On
one occasion, leaving his hotel in Paris
for a ramble alone, he framed for himself
a little sentence in French which would
enable him TO get back to his hotel in case
he should be lost. 1t was school French,
but he had no doubt it would answer the
purpose. Naturally he did lose himself,
and brought his little sentence of inquiry
to the fore for use. He thought, however,
that it would be well TO select q man who
appeared to be endowed with some pa
thence and amiability to try his French
upon. He waited some time, selected his
man, and propounded 10 him his problem.
The stranger looked at him a moment
Then he clapped him on the shoulder.
Barry, old boy" he said, you don't talk
French a bit better than you did at col
lege twelve years ago."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-14
stin Harping on the Tariff.

! Mr.. Mckinley, In all the speeches he
makes to the delegations which call upon
/ him, insists that the tariff must be raised
in order to increase the revenues. His
idea seems to be that a high protective
! tariff is necessary, not only for the pros
perity of the country but also for raising
revenue. Nothing is more clearly estab-
lished than that the higher the tariff is
raised for the purpose of protection the
smaller the revenue is.
The treasury department has just sent
out some figures from its records which
are interesting in connection with this de-
mand which Mckinley is making for
a higher protective tariff
The Mckinley tariff went into effect Oct.
/. 1890. Before the passage of. that tariff
act the tariff vas a reasonably fair one.
During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1888.
the revenues of the government were SILL
341, 275 in excess Of it's expenditures. Dur
ing the fiscal year ending June 80, 1889,
the revenues were $50, 76l, $50 in excess Of
the revenues. During the fiscal year 1890
ending June 80, they were sS5, 04O,N1 in ex-
cess of expenditures. AS already stated.
the Mckinley tariff-the highest tariff the
country ever had-went into effect in Oc-
tober, 1890, and the excess of revenues
over expenditures for the year ending
June 30, 1891, were only S26, $685. 41. Here
was a remarkable falling off under high
protection. But notice how the falling off
continued. For the fiscal year 1892. end
ing June 30, the revenues were in excess
of expenditures only s9,914453 and for the
fiscal year 1888, the revenues exceeded the
expenditures only $2,Si1 .674, while for the
| fiscal year 1894, ending June 30, the expen-
ditures exceeded the revenues, and the
amount which they exceeded them was
| S69, 500. 26O3S Notwithstanding the fact that
the expenditures were S16 SIC less than
in the preceding year. 1t should be kept
in mind that the Mckinley tariff was in
force the whole of the year 1894 And yet,
in the face of facts like these, facts that
cannot be disputed, Mr.. Mckinley keeps
| talking of the necessity for a higher
protective tariff for the purpose of raising
more revenue. He must think the people
| have wonderfully short memories.
| The Wilson tariff, the tariff we now
have, would have provided revenues suf-
fcient to meet expenditures if the income
| tax part If it had not been declared un-
| constitutional. And even without that
| tax it would meet the expenditures If it
were not for the depressed business con-
ditions. During the fiscal year 1896, end
ing June 30. the revenues were only $25,-
203, 245.7O less than the expenditures. That
| is not half the deficiency there was for
the last year the Mckinley tariff was in
| force.