Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-01-27
ROUND THE REGION.

Charges of bribery in connection with
the passage of the ordinance granting
a franchise to the Scranton and Wilkes
barre Railroad Company were made by
Councilman NJ N. Donnelly at the
meeting OF Pittston's common council
Friday evening. This is the company
in which Senator Quay is interested
and Mr.. Donneliy stated that he had
information which implicated several
members of council in an endeayor to
hold up the franchise until they got
their price.
When four robbers attempted to enter
the hotel of Isaac Evans, in Duryea, at
an early hour Saturday morning, they
were met by Evans with shotgun.
One of them, Michael Melvin, who says
that his home is in Newark, n. j., was
| half way in a window when Evans dis
covered him and pulled the trigger
| Melvin was shot between the shoulders,
the charge swapping the spinal cord and
| bringing on paralysis, from which he
may die. The other three men escaped.
Ex-Judge William j. Lewis died on
| Saturday at Scranton after Illness of
ten weeks. He was born in Carbondale,
! August 27, 1913, and when young man
moved to Scranton. Judge Lewis came
into prominence in 1879, when he was
elected associate law Judge of Lacka-
wanna county for five years. In 1884 he
was elected sheriff and served in that
capacity for three years.
Walter Hoover, the boy who was kid
mapped from his mothers home at Har-
vey's Lake last September and taken to
Lycoming county by his father, has been
restored to his mother once more. He
arrived at Wilkesbarre last night ac-
companied by his father. The lad went
with his mother to their home, while
the father was committed to the county
Jail to answer the charge OF kidnapping
and desertion.
Thomas Gordon, of Plains, died sud
denly in DR.. Barton's office in that
place. He ran t. the doctors Office
and insisted on having three teeth
pulled Immediately. He demanded
that he be given ether. After the first
tooth had been pulled DR.. Barton
noticed that his patient was in serious
condition. few minutes later Gordon
was dead.
Scranton Central Labor Union has
issued challenge to the Citizens ALI
ance to public discussion on the ques-
tion OF trades unionism, the same to take
place within two weeks. The PROPOSE
tion to be involved in the discussion in
cludes the rights Of labor to organize,
the benefits secured, the use OF the boy
colt and the bringing into existence of
the Citizens Alliance.
In the court house at Mauch Chunk
on Saturday Henry Smith, of Summit
numbering James Kelly, of the same
town, on May 80. The case occupied
the attention of the court during the
entire week. The announcement of the
verdict was followed by applause in the
crowded courtroom.
Residents of Mckinley borough have
filed exceptions to the Incorporation of
the borough. They declare that the
taxation is too high and that they have
to pay much more than when they lived
in Kingston township. The borough
was hurriedly Incorporated after the
late presidents death in order to name
it after him.
By the accidental discharge of a re-
volver in the hands OF Louis Cummings,
confectioner at Mahanoy City yester-
day afternoon, Louis Pappas, his clerk,
was shot through the left lung and NOR
tally wounded. The shooting occurred
in a rear room of the confectionery,
whore both men were cleaning a re-
volver
Scranton poor district directors have
decided that hereafter they will bury
the bodies of the dead who have no
friends able or willing to bear the ex-
pense, instead OF sending the remains to
the Philadelphia Anatomical Society.
The directors declare the old system in
human and revolving.
Thomas Evarts, 9 years old, who re-
sided with his parents in West Pittston,
was killed by cars last evening. The
little fellow was getting coal from the
Lehigh Valley train when he fell
beneath the cars and suffered the loss
Of foot and an arm, from which he
died.
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