Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-01-14
LOCAL NOTES
WRITTEN UP
Short Items Of Interest to
All Readers.
Happenings of the Past
Two Days in and Around
FreeIand Recorded With
out Waste of Words.

out Waste of Words.
Delegates to the national convention
of the U. M. w. Of A., which will con-
vene at Indianapolis next week, will
leave on Saturday. District will not
have many delegates In the convention,
on account OF the expense. Those who
attend will cast the votes for all the
local unions OF the district.
According to figures given out the
Lehigh Traction Company lost about
S3s, 900 by the miners strike. The com.
pany carried 667,46O less passengers
during tho year just closed than in 1901.
The falling off occurred during the
months the collieres were idle.
Patrick Dever, OF Johnson street.
who was blacklisted by Coke Bros. &
Co. after Drifton shop strike, has ac-
copied position as boiler inspector for
the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Company at Scranton.
The funeral of Otto Kobner, who was
killed In the mines on Monday, took
place this afternoon from bis home In
Upper Lehigh. The remains were In
TERED at Upper Lehigh cemetery
Michael Yankos, of Sandy Run, and
Miss Annie Hudock, of Main street, will
be united In marriage on Saturday at
ST. Johns Savonian Catholic church by
Rev. Charles Pajdusak.
The banquet of the Royal Arcanum,
which was scheduled to be held last
Monday evening, has been postponed
until the evening Of the Goth inst
Mrs. W. c. Fell, OF North Centre
street, who has been Ill for some time, is
very low today and her death Is momen-
tarily expected.
andre Dzurisin, of Oneida, and Miss
Dorka Kerha, OF Freeland, have been
granted marriage license at Wilkes
barre.
The Hazleton and Wilkesbarre Rail-
way is now carrying passengers regular
ly between Hazleton and ST. Johns.
Philip Goedecke, q we'll known resi-
dent Of Butler valley, is seriously I'll
with typhoid fever.
A ball will be held at Krell's hall to-
morrow evening by the Freeland Slo-
vensky Club.
Freeland thermometers registered 10
degrees below zero at Gao a. IN. yester-
day.
Jacob Heller, cousin OF s. Senis, OF
town, died In Philadelphia this week.
Applications for liquor licenses must
be filed not later than Monday next.
Ice cream on sale at Merkt's.
The city council Of Plttston has COM
menced action to oust the Cannon Ball
Trolley Company, on the charge that 1t
is using streets without permission of
council.
A curfew law which provides that all
girls under IA shall be off the streets by
o o'clock at night unless accompanied
by adult relatives passed Wilkesbarre
city council on first reading last night.
The activity Of the factory inspectors,
In accordance with the recommendations
of the Strike Commission, had led to
scores of children being released from
factories In the Wyoming region, where
many Of them were employed during the
night.
William II. Allen, employed In the
Lehigh Valley train despatcher's Office
at Wilkesbarre, who disappeared two
months ago after being paid off, has
been traced to Chicago hospital. He
desires to return. He explains that he
was informed that he had been assigned
to the station OF Fairvew, and feeling
that this was,a degradation left the city.
Judge Bechtel imposed sentence upon
Ignace and Michael Walonis, who were
convicted of murder in the second de-
gree for killing Adam Yanalatus at
Shenandoah, and upon Anthony Pat
kuko, who plead guilty Of the same
charge. Ignace Walonis and Patkuko
we're sentenced to twelve years in the
Eastern penitentiary. Michael Wal.
lonis was sentenced to serve nine years
n the same prison.