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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-30
FOR sALE-HoUsEs.

WELL LOCATED, COLUMBIA HEIGHTS-A 8
exposure; built on the reception hall plan; finish.
ed in oak and white enamel; handsome cabinet
eeiar; GHEaPEs HrG HOSE HoG on e1 THE HEIGHTS
AT THE PRICE. REDUCED TO 1850.
1t Fl. II. HOWENSTEIN CO.. 910 ct. NV.
FOB sALE-A NEAT slsToRY .l BAY,wLNDoW "
ya F1 ONLY ONE LET & sPS BRICK JUST
FROM THE HANDS OF THE BUILDER; nicely
located; pleasant surroundings; has rooms; con.
crete cellar furnace heat; front and rear porcnes
It IL i. HowENsTE1N Co.. s1o st. NV.
FOR sALE--A RENT PRODUCER-PRIOE. $500
story, bay-window brick with four rooms and
modern bath each floor; separate kitchens;
snd svergtsns modern sDd complete YoG Gan
NOT DUPLICATE THIS FOR AN INVEST
It H. R. HowENsTEIN CO.. 80 st. NV.
FOR sALE-NEAR 14TH STA NEAT 4-RoOM
brick in good condition. with water and sewer
10 the yard; rented for 50 a month; PRICE,
FOR sAIE-oN AZ ST. sw:.THE BUsI-
NESS STREET OF THIS sECTIoNaA neat Q.
room and bath brick h ; rented for $3.50 month
il H. B. HoWENsTE1N CO.. $40 st. NV:
FOR SAFE
A splendid residence. worth $4,000, just Off
Thomas Circle, north side Of street and over
looking Massachusetts, avenue; owner anout TO
leave town; must sell at great sacrifice; S-story,
IA rooms and 2 tiled baths. with porcelain tubs
and open plumbing; rooms all large; house q feet
front, very deep; open on 8 sides; lot 152 feet
deep to wide alley; room for stable; cellar;
ground Alone at conservative valuation, worth
$4,000; house cost to build, 81, 600; rents
for $50. Price, 81. $50. II sold at once. Apply
Immediately to
FRANK T. RAWLINGS co. Qnc.).
Exclusive Agent,
Real Estate, Loans and Insurance,
mh3O-3t 1905 Pa.
FOR SALE-BARGAIN IN ECKINGTON-
OWNER FORCED TO SELL.
New S-room house; attic: cellar; furnace; ZS1
90. VIII take little as 50 600. Lot 2S1S0,
alley. STONE & FAlhFAA,
FOR SALE-JUST WHAT YOU WANT!
Two-story, S-room house.
Fine location, Columbia Heights.
PRICE ONLY $4,000.
You know how hard 1t is to get house (kitch-
en- on first floor for this price in this loca
House too small for owner, or you could not Duy
W. s. MINNIX,
mh2S-tf 10 1927 st. NV.
FOR SALE -
Vicinity Of Tru1ton Circle; SOUTHERN Elk,
IA 49, n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-30

FOR EXCHANGE,
FOR PARLIAMENTARY A HOUSE AT BROOK.
land for nice CIR. mod. Dr.; II ST. me-; price
$500; good renter. c. O. WARING, 1114 q
st. NV. rnhYO-2ts
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-22

power to call a special convention in
three or six months to dispose of this
matter II necessary.
The delegates adopted system of re-
trenchment which will cut down the
expenses of the union considerably.
The salary of the secretary was reduced
from $500 to 500 year.
The discussion on the wisdom Of con-
ducting the October 10 parade took up a
large part of the conventions time
yesterday and it was finally decided
to hold the parade. Hazleton was
selected.
The present officers were re-eected:
Rev. P. j. McManus, president; William
r. Glroy, first vice president; M. w.
Lavelle, second vice presidents James
Marley, treasurer; Timothy Burke, sec
retary.
Wilkesbarre was chosen as the place
for the next convention.
The following were chosen delegates
to the national con 7ention, which meets
at Pittsburg: Neil Sweeney, Plymouth;
P. j. Mulherin, Minooka, and T. ]. Gill
bride, Carbondale.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-22
COAL TRUSTS
BOOKS WANTED
Attorney General Will Sue
Before Federal Court.
Refusal of President Baer to
DivuIge Secret Agreement
Is to Be Made an Issue by
the Government.

Important action was taken by
United States Attorney General Knox
yesterday in directing General Burnett,
United States district attorney for the
southern district of New York, to pre-
sent to the United States court the pc
tition of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission asking for an order to compel
officials of the anthracite coal carrying
roads to answer certain questions and
produce certain documents, which they
refused to answer and produce at a re-
cent hearing of the commission In New
York.
The petition has already been pre-
pared by General Burnett and the at
torneys for the complainant and will
probably be presented to their circuit
court at New York early next week
Arguments will not be submitted until
the first week in June.
At the recent hearing before the Inter-
state Commerce Commission in New
York President Baer, of the Reading
Railway, refused to put before the com
mission for its examination certain con-
tracts among the coal carrying roads
which are alleged to establish the fact
that the production of coal is limited
by the agreement of the coal carrying
companies. These documents the Inter
state Commerce Commission is bound to
secure If possible, and the action taken
yesterday by Attorney General Knox is
the result of the commissions vigorous
efforts to compel Mr.. Baer to disclose
all the facts which the commission de-
sires to have before it,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-22
C. 7. A. U. Convention.

The annual convention OF the Catho-
lie Total Abstinence Union OF Scranton
diocese was opened on Wednesday in
Jermyn, with 200 delegates present,
representing seventy-seven societies be-
tween Audenried and Forest City. Rev.
P, j. McManus, of Green Ridge, presid-
ed. Addresses were made by Rev. j. j.
Dunn, Of Jermyn; Rev. j. j. Curran, of
Wilkesbarre; Rev. J. j. McCabe, of
Wilkesbarre, and other prominent total
abstinence workers.
Secretary Burke and Treasurer Mar
ley presented their reports, a synopsis
of which showed balance in the treas
ury on May 10 of $l65. The receipts
for the year were 81 1893 So The union
has membership OF 6,506.
The matter OF the constitutional
amendments was referred to an execu-
tive committee to decide upon the vari
Gus changes to be made and giving them
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-22
Saturday Half Holidays.

Hereafter, the employees OF the overall
factory and the silk mill will enjoy a
half-holday on Saturdays. At the for
mer establishment the working hours
after this week will be from 6 As a. IN.
to l2 noon and from l2.5 so to 5 so p. M,
excepting Saturdays, when the plant
will be operated from G. so a. m. to 12
noon only, or total of 564 hours for
the week
AT the silk mill work will begin at a.
m. and continue until noon and from
II As to 6. Is p. M, excepting Saturdays,
when 1t will cease at noon, making
total Of 5714 hours for the week.
There is a disposition among the en-
ployes of the smaller industries of town
to seek a reduction in the number of
working hours of each week. Some of
these plants still hold to the oldfashion-
ed work-day of ten hours daily and nine
hours on Saturdays, but the tendency
of the times is for a less number of
hours than fifty-nine per week and the
managers of number of the smaller
shops and works are expected to soon
announce changes in the working hours.
The Typographical Union does not
permit its members to work more than
ifty-four hours each week, and this has
heretofore been the rule at the Tribune
office. After Monday next, however,
the working week will consist of fifty
hours at this office, nine hours daily and
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-22
Death of John Green.

John Green died yesterday morning
at his home in Sandy valley after an
illness Of three days. In the early part
of the week he was stricken with pneu-
monla, and Notwithstanding the fact
that he possessed a vigorous constitu-
tion he sank rapidly and succumbed to
the disease. He was aged GA years and
had been "A resident of the region a long
while He was well known and was re-
spected by his large circle of acquaint-
ances.
The deceased is survived by his wife,
two sons and one daughter The funer-
al will take place tomorrow morning,
with requiem mass at st. AIMS
church. The interment will be made at
St. AIMS cemetery.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-22
Will Examine Senior Class.

Prof. Higley, of East Stroudsburg
state normal school, is the guest of
Supervising Principal L. f. Hanlon, of
the borough schools, today. Tomorrow
Prof. Higley will conduct an examina-
tion Of the seven members of the senior
class of Freeland high school, for the
purpose of determining how many of
them are eligible to admission to the
senior class. Of East Stroudsburg normal
school.
The teachers and friends of the class
are confident that all have the ability
to attain the required averages, provid-
ing the examination does not excite
than
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-22
TRIPLE GRIM z.
Insane Mother Murders Her Two Child
rem and Then Kills Herself.

After putting her two youngest child
rem, Edna, aged 8, and Roy, aged 1, to
bed some time Wednesday morning
Mrs. Alvin Bachman, of Slatngton,
murdered the babes by cutting their
throats, and then cut her own throat
and died. She used her husbands
razor in committing the murder and
suicide. The family consisted of Mr.
and Mrs. Bachman, their seven children
and woman boarder. The husband is
a carpenter, and early that morning he
and the boarder left for their respective
places of employment, and the five
older children went to school.
1t is believed that the insane desire to
slay her babes and herself took posses
sion of Mrs. Bachman at about o'clock
She put little Edna and Roy to bed, and
then cut the right and left jugular veins
of the girl and the right jugular of the
boy. Then she turned the deadly weap-
on on her own throat at the bedside of
her dead little ones. Then she went to
the bathroom and lay down in the tub,
where she expired.
peculiar feature OF the tragedy is
that the rest of the family, with the ex-
ception of Mr.. Bachman, ate dinner in
the house without the least suspicion of
the awful tragedy that had been com
mitted on the upper floor
When the woman boarder returned
from work at noon and the children from
school they found the house locked.
One OF the boys gained an entrance
through window and unlocked the
door for the others. The absence of
Mrs. Bachman was not thought strange,
because she frequently took the babies
with her and went visiting relatives and
friends for an entire day; so, after din
ner, the children returned to school and
the boarder to her work.
The husband returned at about 6
o'clock. The children were playing in
the yard. Soon after entering be went
to the bath room, where the terrible
sight OF his wife bathed in blood. lying
in the bathtub with throat slashed from
ear to ear, met his gaze. He was al
most overcome by the awful scene
Then going into his bedroom, he saw
the lifeless bodies of his babies with
gashes in their throats. A trail of blood
led from the chamber to the bath room,
showing the course pursued by the in
sane mother.
Mr.. Bachman opened the window and
called to the children: "Mamma has
killed the babies and herself!'
One of the boys, hardly old enough to
realize the awful news of the tragedy,
replied: "Yes; l saw her have your
razor before | went to school this morn
ing"
Mrs. Bachman was about 40 years of
age. For some time she had been
melancholy, but no one ever suspected
that it would result in murder and
suicide.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-22
Former Resident Dead.

Andrew Collins, a resident of town
some years ago, died this week at Mercy
hospital Wilkesbrrre, from pneumonia
He was aged As years and is survived by
two children, brother In Philadelphia
and one in Colorado. His wife died
about five years ago. He was a black
smith by trade and at one time conduct
ed successful business here.
The funeral took place yesterday
afternoon, with services in st. Mary's
church at 3 o'clock and interment at
Hanover cemetery.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-22
Y. M. C. A.

The gospel meeting on Sunday at 8 80
p. m. will be addressed by II. w. Har-
vest, formerly secretary of boys work
in New York state. Special singing has
been arranged for and an interesting
service is anticipated. All men, young
and old, are invited.
The new membership cards are ready
for distribution. Members can have
their old cards exchanged by applying to
the secretary at office. If you are not a
member now is the time to join. Dues
81 per year.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-22
FUN NERALS.

The funeral OF Clinton M. Williams,
the young man who died from lockiaw
on Wednesday, will take place from the
family residence on Walnut street to-
morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Services
will be conducted at the Park M. e.
church, followed by interment at Free
land cemetery.
The remains of the late Henry Tully
were followed this morning by large
number OF friends to st. AIMS church,
which the interment was made at St.
AIMS cemetery.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-22

ITO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.-Notice is
l. hereby given that my wife, Nancy Gal
lagher, having left my bed and board, all per-
sons are notified and cautioned not to give
her credit on my account as | will not be re-
sponsible for any debts contracted by her.
Joseph Gallagher.
Freeland, Pa May 81, 1903.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-22
BASE BALL.

Drifton and Audenried Reds will play
ball at Jeddo on Sunday afternoon.
Joe Bonner, of Drfton, will pitch
tomorrow for Tamaqua club, and II
terms can be agreed upon he may sign
for the season with that team.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-22
MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENT

NOTICE TO CANDIDATES FOR TUE
~ OFFICE OF STATE NINE INSPECTOR:
Notice is hereby given that an examination
of candidates for the offices of Inspector of
Mines for the First Anthracite District (Lu-
zerne County,, and for the Third Anthracite
District Carbon County,, will be held in the
High School Building, corner of Union and
Washington streets, Wilkesbarre, Pa, on June
g 3, 4 ana s. 1908, beginning at 10 Il. m, when
and where all candidates are requested to
present themselves for examination.
No previous notice of intention to apply is
required.
Morris Williams,
Albert G. Lesenring,
John Gilhooley,
james Llewelyn,
Robert Monroe,
Board OF Examiners.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-22
Modern Dwelling for Rent

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.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-22
All lSlaDGS Of Men

Can be fitted and suited here.
We have clothes made for the
"hard to fits" and we fit them.
Many stout and slim men who give
up trying to buy clothes ready
made, come here and find exactly
what they want. If you are an
extra tall, short or fat man come
and see what we can do for you.
Well surprise you with the
clothes; possibly more with the
prices-for, being unusual in
shape, you've had to pay penalty
to your tailor We do away with
that and charge you no more than
we do the ordinary built man.
We also have a large line of
Ladies' and Gents Furnishings,
Hats, Caps, Neckties, Dry Goods,
Notions, etc. Large line of
Trunks and Suit Cases.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-22

"Minnesota's Best" -four is sold by A.
Oswald. There is none better made.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-17
UmbreIIaIess Miss Schenck.

Not content with having stirred a
nation by her ''pigtail" faid, Miss Nath-
allie Schenck now attempts to make
umbrellas questionable. In the stream
ing rain in Newport a few days ago.
the lovely young woman paraded Belle
vue avenue hatless and without an
umbrella. True, she wore a trim little
rain coat, buttoned closely at the neck
but her pretty face was drenched with
water and her hair was "sopping wet"
Her men friends proffered their UNI
brellas, but she refused. Women who
drove past stopped and offered Miss
Schenck a lift" but she shook her
head and resumed her interesting stroll
to the villa of her mother, Mrs. Spotts-
wood D. Schenck. Mrs. Frederic Neil
son called to Miss Schenck from her
cottage, the Nutshell, What on earth
are you doing? Why haven't you an
umbrella?" To this Miss Nathalie re-
piled: Il like it. Water never did
harm anyone, and I have plenty other
clothes at home" And now it is ex-
pected that Miss Schenck's satellites,
Miss Cynthia Roche, Miss Natica Rives
and Miss Evelyn Parsons, will do like
wise.
It might as we'll be admitted that
Miss Schenck is the belle Of the New
port set. There are other girls more
beautiful and many infinitely richer,
but not one enjoys her degree of popu-
larity. She Is invited everywhere,
from Mrs. Astor's down, and when Miss
Nelson, now Mrs. Reginald Wander
bilt, selected her for bridesmaid Miss
Schenck's greatest hour had come. She
is a born leader and the other girls Of
her set follow her in all her stunts"
and fads. She is the girl who reaped
wide fame in the Spanish American
war when she started an endless
chain" and collected $4,000 for the
Red Cross. In appearance she is high
bred and handsome, with fine coloring
and a splendid figure. She is the
granddaughter of Matthew Morgan.
and the Schenck family, too, is old and
ariStOcratic
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-17

But happily for Mrs. Bell Mrs. Paget
rallied, and now Mrs. Bell enjoys a
fair entire in British society. She is a
wealthy widow, who contented herself
With MorristoWn diversions until there
remained no more fields to conquer.
She has been dined by Mrs. TWombly,
and after this achievement everything
else in Morristown is dull for an ambi-
t1ouS woman. Last winter Mrs. Bell
appeared in the Waldorf. She gave an
impressive musicale in an extensive
suite. The artists were good, but moth
ing to compare with the array of nota-
bleS. Lord Charles Beresford was there
and Mrs. Paget fingered near her host
ess all evening. With these lions it is
no wonder society flocked to the must
Gale. Another of Mrs. Bells show"
guests was Prince Jean Sapieha.
Prince Sapieha was an interesting
character. He was entertained right
and left and he bobbed up in Carnegie
hall studios with the same serenity as
in Fifth avenue drawing rooms. The
title was difficult to resist, and in Feb
ruary every other hostess was chatter
ing about dear Prince Sapieha." He
was obliging and would attend dull
teas whenever invited, and more than
one West Side unknown captured him
for a Sunday dinner. One little aspir-
ant who lives in an uptown apartment
was in tears one night because that
horrid prince promised to come to din
ner, and after inviting all her best
friends, he went back on his word"
CuriouSly enough, Prince Sapieha is a
bigWig in Vienna, and says he is not
in America on an "heireSs hunt" The
prince sailed for Europe on the same
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-17
PERSONAL.

Miss Elliot, of Fargo, is the guest of
Miss King, of Ashland avenue.
Mrs. Hutchinson, of West SupSeToE
Is the guest of her mother, Mrs Caro-
line Gotham, Of Summit avenue.
Mrs. Fred Johnston, of Portland, Or,
is the guest of Mrs. L. A. Wood, Of
Dayton avenue.
Miss Chislett, teacher of modelling in
the Mechanic Arts high school, will
leave Friday to spend the summer at
her home in Chicago.
Col and Mrs. James Compton have
returned from visit in California
Mrs. Van Allen, of Nelson avenue,
has gone to Duluth for a months visit
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Eden, of Seattle
Wash, are guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
White, of Crocus place.
Mrs. E. j. Dugan, Of Nelson avenue,
has gone East to spend the summer.
Miss Alice Pope will leave next
month for a visit in Seattle.
DR.. and Mrs. M. L. Bast and daugh-
ter, from Manitowoc, Wis, are here
to visit with their parents.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-17

The opponents of higher education
for women will be surprised to learn
that it is the opinion of the presidents
of leading colleges devoted to co-edu
cation that girls are more apt to learn
than boys. under very similar condi-
lions. but whether this is due to SUI
periority or to some other cause can
not be told definitely.
The presidents of wisconsin univer-
sity, Minnesota university, Oberlin col
lege, Boston university and Wheaton
college were asked to give their opin-
ions. At Wisconsin 1t was found that
women exceed men in scholarship by
about 10 per cent on the average. At
Minnesota, 1t was found that women
exceeded the men in scholarship, in
science. literature and art. At Oberlin
the average grade of scholarship
among women was reported to be
higher than that among men. At
Wheaton college women had been
found competent to prosecute the most
difficult and complicated work of a
university course, and compete on even
terms with men,. At Boston university
fifteen Of the sixteen students elected
to membership in the Phi Beta Kappa,
the sole test being scholarship, were
women. At the University Of Chicago
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-17
The Sentimental Gardener.

'In spite of our late, cold spring and
the inclement weather that we have
all been bemoaning lately, good
many plants and flowers seem to be
in a remarkably forward condition."
says a garden-loving woman to a
friend who has only a backyard to dig
in. MY lilies of the valley, that look
so fragile and tender in their pale, del
icate purity, seem to have sufficient
stamina to enable them to weather
good many storms; the hyacinthS are
so sturdy that nothing short of a hur-
ricane would affect them; but the
peonies, which have had the temerity
to put in an appearance earlier than
usual, will, / fear, pay dearly for
their rashness. The syringa is crowd
ed with blossoms, and in a week or
two will be a lovely sight.
Do you know that this flower, which
is often called mock orange blossom
on account of the similarity between
1t and the real orange blossom, is sup
posed to mean 'fraternal love?
should have thought that another kind
of love would have been a more appro-
pirate meaning. Woodbine is also said
to represent fraternal love; it is GER
tainly very clinging and tenacious
and 'Sticketh closer than a brother
am, as you know, very partial to wall
flowers, and particularly as they bear
Sucn NOBLE, gracious meaning
fidelity in misfortune. Everybody
knows, / suppose, that yellow roses
mean unfaithfulness, and candytuft
Indifference, and mignonette Your
qualities Surpass your charms:' that
the night blooming jasmine breathes
the sweet message Only for thee the
evergreen Time shall not change me-
that simple moss rosebud denotes 'si-
lent love- and withered moss rose
bud expresses Sighted love-
1.-THE japonica bears three meanings,
according to its hue; this the white
means perfect loneliness" the red de-
clares My heart bleeds for you and
the third, the Japonica Volkamenia, is
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-17

supposed to express a very noble and
unselfish sentiment, viz: May you be
blessed, though l be miserable
Some of the names and meanings
almost appear as if they should be
interchangeable, or else more appro-
pirate. Lady's Slipper for instance,
declares Win me and wear me- and
'Lady's Cushion denotes maternal
love- Now Lady's Slipper would be
far more representative of maternal
love- Don't you think so? If you
want to disengage your affections, all
you need do is to send a broken straw
to your beloved-Or rather, your late
ly beloved. This is a very simple and
inexpensive expedient. and is equal to
a declaration of war, as it signifies a.
quarrel and declares Thus do I break
my fetters.'
If you want to express everlasting
fidelity, send bay leaf, which is sup
posed to murmur softly, Z change but
IN dying if you have loved and have
been doubted and estranged, a with
cred white rose utters sadly and re-
gretful1y, I loved YOU once;' and ff
you seek renewal of the old sweet
bonds, the foxglove voices your timid
wish for a reunion by implying. I am
not changed-they wrong met"