Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-11-20
ROUND THE REGION.

| ourp. committed suicide by hanging
himself in his fathers barn. The
method employed by the young man in
taking his life was identical with that
used by his brother, Frank, who also
committed suicide two years ago. Both
used the rope attached to the hay fork, t.,
and both choose the same beam on which
to tie the rope.
Vigorous denouncing of the action of
President Scranton, of the Scranton
Water Company, in increasing rates to
householders after January next in
retaliation of the 5 per cent tax upon
gross receipts fixed by recent ordinance
| Of councils. was the feature of the Board
of Trades meeting yesterday The
board calls up,n city councils to act iu-
mediately upon municipal ownership Of
the water supply.
Owing to the smallpox epidemic in
Plymouth. DR.. +. H. Mckee, the small
poX physician, has requested the school
board to discontinue issuing monthly
reports. He says that some ambitious
mothers sent their children to school
when they are slightly ndisposed in
order to get perfect report at the end
of the month, and that in some cases
these slight indispositions might develop
into smallpox.
James Horrox, aged IA years, of
Brandonvlle, Schuylkill county, was
arraigned for the murder of Edward
Ball, aged 10 years. Both were out to-
gether on the mountain. HorroX had
gun. He claims the shooting was acci-
dental. The commonwealth alleges
that he had threatened to shoot Ball.
His victim died. HORROR was acquitted
late last night.
Owing to large number of deaths re-
sulting from scarlet fever and the rapid
spread of that disease, Shamokin Board
of Health met to consider the advisa-
bility of choosing the lower grades of the
public school. 1T was decided to keep
these grades open for the present, but
Sp'p'Sc puS laws UIly-
three new cases have been reported this
month.
Charles d. Felix, one of the most
prominent business men of Shamokin,
was found dead in his plumbing estab-
lishment yesterday. To the trigger of
a double barreled shotgun was a string
"a ha1 Tn II, h,I Al.
after placing the barrel to his forehead,
pulled the trigger. The shot tore away
his face Worry over business troubles
unseated his reason
While Mrs. John Johns, of Duryea,
was walking toward her COW in its pas.
ture last evening it suddenly disap-
peared. When she came to the spot
where it had stood there was large
hole, with the COW at the bottom. A
The COW was extrcated, but was so
badly injured that it died.
A suit for $4,000 damages has been
entered against the Thomas Coal Com
pany and the Philadelphia and Reading
Coal and Iron by John Rooms, Theresa
Kline and George Naniunas, who alege
that their properties in Shenandoah
have been ruined by the operations of
the defendants.
Henry Dixie, the theatrical manager,
has interested local capitalists in re-
modelling the Thirteenth regiments old
armory at Scranton into theatre,
where vaudeville companies on the
Proctor and Keith circuits may play.
Thirty thousand dollars will be spent
changing the building.
Justice Stemple, of Stroudsburg. fin
ed j. j. Dougherty, of Scranton, 81. 20
for three "cuss" words. Dougherty ut
tered the oaths on a Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western train, and
detective put him under arrest.
Pittston's Oldest woman, Mrs. Sarah
Kelly, who is known to be the most
aged person in this portion of the state
~ hot VI tuO StdJc llSpIl, uIeu dL lne
hospital this morning. She was 107
years old.
Howard Collier, the third Plymouth
smallpox victim within week, died
yesterday. There is no indication that
the precautions taken are preventing
the spread of the disease.
William Garrison, treasurer of the
United Mine Workers Local 1857, of
Shickshinny, was convicted OF embezz-
ing 1854 from the local. He was sent
enced to three months in Jail.
Mrs. E. B. Beaumont, of Wilkesb barre,
wife of Colonel Beaumont, q. S. A., re,
tired, died yesterday. She was prom
inent In the councils of the Daughters
of the American Revolution.
John Devanney, aged 50, and his wife,
Annie, aged so, died at Ashley the same