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FREELAND, PA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1902.

kle Company $88.72.The lad's story, told in an open,

straightforward way, left a vivid Impres-sion all through the court. He was not

cross questioned by counsel for the oper-ators.

Some of the stories hitherto related to

the commission have greatly moved Gen-eral Wilson and other members, but thelittle breaker boy' 9 narrative surpassedanything so far developed at the hear-ings.

Rev. Father J. J. Curran, of Wllkes-barre, followed Rev. Jaiues Moore, aMethodist minister of Avoca, on thestand, and was cross-examined by At-torneys H. C. Reynolds and JosephO'Brien. Both gave some very strong

evidence on behalf of the miners, de-claring that the conditions of lawless-ness and violence In the region werenot as bad as the reports sent out wouldmake the people believe.

Referring to the noo union men,

Father Curran said that most of thepeople of the coal regions believed theminers should have better wages. "Ifa so-called 'scab' takes the place of aman who Is trying to get bis rights thatso-called 'scab' Is doing wrong and anInjustice to the people In his communi-ty," said Father Curran. He admittedthat most of the violence committed re-sulted from attempts of mine owners to

resume work.The lat witness was Frank Ray, of

Jeddo, a contract miner. lie explainedconditions In the mines with referenceto the Impure air.

Tony Lowrey, a well known youngItalian of town, was on the stand onB>iday. He Is or.e of those who hasbeen refused re-employment by CoxeBro9. & Co. and gave testimony to thateffect. No reasons have been given forrefusing to reinstate the young man.

The conditions prevailing at the Le-high Valley Company mines will betaken up next. The miners have a largenumber of witnesses they desire to call,and there is at this time no Indicationwhen the hearings will be concluded.Some of the operators dosire to placewitnesses on the stand In their defense.

Unless some agreement is reached onmany points at issue, It is likely thehearings will run into next month.

Sudden Death This Morning.John McGeady, of Walnut street, died

suddenly this morning from heart fail-ure at St. Ann's convent. While at-

tending 7 o'clock mass at St. Ann'schurch he became 111 and was removodto the convent, but before the arrival ofa physician he expired. Dr. Walter,who responded to the summons, pro-nounced him a victim of heart failure.Mr. McGeady became overheated whileon his way to the church, and shortlyafter the service began a reaction set in,

which caused his Illness and subsequentdeath. The remains were brought to

his home at 9 o'clock by UndertakerMcNulty.

The deceased was a well known andpopular young man and was always ap-parently in the best of health. Up to

June l&9t he was employed as a brake-man on the D. S. & S. Railroad, but wassuspended with several others duringthe labor trouble and up to the presenttime had not been reinstated. He hadbeen a resident of this town and High-land since his youth and possessed alarge circle of friends, who were shock-ed to learn of his untimely death.

Mr. McGeady was aged 39 years and11 months and Is survived by his wifeand four small children; also by hismother, Mrs. John McGeady, Sr., oftown, and the following brothers andsisters: James, Philadelphia; Anthony,Wllkesbarre; Joseph, Hazleton; William,Cuba; Sarah, Philadelphia, and Mrs.Hugh A. Shovlin, South Washingtonstreet.

The funeral will take place at 9 a. m.on Wednesday, followed by a requiemmass at St. Ann's church. Intermentat St. Ann's cemetery.

Funerals From Hazleton.The funeral of the late Mr*. Mary

Coll, wife of Henry Coll, who, with hisfamily, was evicted at Jeddo last month,from the effects of which Mrs. Collcaught a cold and died on B'riday, tookplace this afternoon. The remains ar-rived here from Ilazloton, whore theywere met by many friends of the family.Interment was made at St. Ann's ceme-tery.

Oscar Mlsmer died at his home in Haz-leton on Saturday, aged 43 years. Sur-viving him are his mother, of SouthBethlehem; his wife, three daughtersand one son, Charles, of Freeland. Thefuneral will bo held Tuesday afternoonat 2 o'clock, with services at the resi-dence by Rev. A. W. Brownmiller, afterwhich the remains will be brought toBYeeland by trolley. Interment In BYee-land cemetery.

Mrs. A. W. Lelsenrlng, of MauchChunk, died on Saturday, aged 77 years.

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FOSTER SCHOOLSDirectors Purchase $lO5 Worth of Maps.

Night School at Highland.

Foster township school board mot inregular session Saturday evening andtransacted the business of the past two

months. Directors Johnson, Zeistloft,O'Neil and Dudley were present. In theabsence of President Weber Mr. John-son was elected president pro tern.

The report of Supervising PrincipalHoffman showed an eurollinent of 1213.average attendance 1,000, percentage ofattendance 87. Upon the recommenda-tion of the principal a motion wasadopted to close the schools from De-cember 24 to January 5, 1003, and makeout vouchers for teachers for a fullmonth's pay.

A motion was adopted that the solicit-or collect from the county all electionrent duo the district and also any moneydue from the sale of unseated land.

A new order for $8 in favor of n. C.Koons, on account of an old order Is-sued by the board and returned as out-

standing by the auditors, was ordereddrawn.

Damage to Drifton school building to

the amount of $5.28 was reported. Thesolicitor was instructed to collect theamount from the parents of the boyswho are said to be guilty.

A petition from Highland, praying forthe opening of night school, was re-ceived. The school was ordered openedon January 5, 1903.

In the report from the county super-intendent all teachers were in attend-ance the five day 9 except Messrs. Mc-Gill and O'Donnell. The former wasabsent a few hours, having become illduring the afternoon session, and thelatter was summoned home on account

of sickness in the family. Both teach-ers were docked when the orders fortheir pay were made out, but the othermembers of the board thought Itunjustto dock theiri and a motion was madeand prevailed that they receive full pay.

J. Uobart Smith, of Syracuse, N. Y.,was present and was given the floor toexplaiu the merits of a map, publishedby himself, entitled "Bridgman's His-torical School Map of Pennsylvania."A motion to purchase a map for eachgrammar school, seven in all, at slseach was made. Mr. Smith offered tosupply the maps and wait one year forthe money and give the board a secondyear If necessary. If the second yearwas taken ho would require 3 per cent

Interest.The vote on the motion was: To pur

chase?Dudley, Johnson and O'Neil,

Not to purchase?Ziestloft.The following bills were ordered paid:

Butler, Sheldon & Co., books, SBSO 45;Lewl9 H. Lentz, coal hauling, $16.12;

Lewis H. Lentz, repairs, $5.28; W. E.Martin, supplies, $12.19; Mrs. Geo.Hindson, coal and wood, $8.50; A. Os-wald, curtains $1.57; Upper Lehigh CoalCompany, coal, $3.90; L. V. R R.,freight, $21.97; John Motzgar; coal haul-ing, $0.75.

White Haven SanitariumGood reports of the work of the White

Haven Hospital for Poor Consumptivescontinue to come to hand. There havebeen thirty-six patients from Luz-erne county since tho institution openedand many show marked Improvementand some havo resumed theirdally work.The charge of the institution Is ontlrelyIn the care of Elmer Stockdale, and hegives entire satisfaction. He is not amedical man, but has had extensive ex-perience In the caro of consumptives,lie was formerly a consumptive himself.

The hospital is visited regularly byphysicians, but a late move has been to

appoint a house physician, to residethere permanently. B'or this work Dr.Elmer, of Philadelphia, has been chosen.

Reception at St. Ann's.At St. Ann's church this evening the

B'east of the Immaculate Conception willbe observed by a reception under theauspices of the Daughters of Mary So-dality. Over 100 applicants will be ad-mitted to membership in the society.The sermon willbe preached by B'atherHefferon, of Hazleton, and will be fol-lowed by benediction. B'athers Fall Ihoeand Fleming aud several visiting priestswillalso take part.

Despite the fact that Judge P. P.Smith was not examined by the threepbysclans appointed by Governor Stoneto Inquire into his physical conditionwith a view to his retirement from thosuperior court bench, tho physicianshave made a report to tho governor to

the effect that Judge Smith is incapableto perform his judicial duties. Thejudge has engaged attorneys to conducta fight for him against being forced to

retire.

Charles Grether, the convicted mur-derer of Constable Adam Strunk, escap-ed from Monroe county jail yesterdayfor the second tiifte. Daniel Van Bu9*kirt, another prisoner, also escaped.

LOCAL NOTESWRITTEN UP

Short Items of Interest toAll Readers.

Happenings of the PastTwo Days in and AroundFreeland Recorded With-

out Waste of Words.The annual New Year's Eve ball of

the Tigers Athletic Club, which for someyears past has been the leading socialand spectacular event of the season,

will be hold on the evening of the 31st

Inst, at Krell's hall. As In each formeryoar, the club willendeavor to outdo Its

previous success.

Rev. William O'Hara, of Eckley, whowas last week assigned to the pastorate

of Harlolgh Catholic church, conductedhis first services yesterday. The newpriest was given a cordial welcome bythe people of bis new charge. BlatherO'Hara will take up his residence InUarleigh.

Lishon R. Gibbon, of Philadelphia,who recently returned from Wales,where he actod as administrator of hisfather's estate, has arrived in town andmade a settlement with his sisters, Mrs.William Jenkins, Mr 9. Jane DeFoy andMrs. Ann Pugh.

Miss Cassle McGarvey, of Phila-delphia, arrived here on Saturday even-ing to spend a few months at the familyhome on Walnut street. Miss McGar-vey recently recovered from a seriousIllness.

A doublo dwelling at Sandy Run, own-ed by M. S. Kern merer & Co. and occu-pied by two Slavonian families, wastotally destroyed Friday night by fire,which originated from a defective flue.

Among the lower end citizens servingas jurors this week are John Shaffer,B'reeland; Hugh McNelis, Anthony Gor-ham, John Hill and Henry llera9etb,Booster, and James R. Smith, Butler.

The papers In the contest Institutedby Jame9 G. Harvey, the defeated Re-publican candidate for the legislature,against Bernard J. Ferry, were servedon the latter on Saturday.

The Hazleton Standard, ShlckshlnnyEcho and Freeland Progress have beenselected by the county commissioners to

publish the annual mercantile appraise-ment list.

Nos. 6 and 0 slopes, at Upper Lehigh,have been relieved of the water whichcompletely Gllod them 9ince the strike,and operations were resumed today.

An lnfaution of Mr. and Mr3. HenryKreltzbergor, of Eckley, died on Friday

was burled yesterday afternoon Inthe cemetery at that place.

Charles Farley, who recently re-signed as book-keeper for FreelandBrewing Company, loft for New Yorkcity today to accept a position.

John G. Schwartz has been appointedadministrator of tho estate of the lateVincent Passarllla, of Hazleton. Theestate is valued at $23,000.

Walter Dietrich, of Hazleton, has ac-cepted a position as stenographer In

the ofiice of the mechanical departmentof Drifton shops.

An Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Andrew Renosky, of B'ern street, wasburled yesterday afternoon at St. Ann'scemetery.

Mrs. J. J. Kuntz is suffering from asprained foot, received by falling downa flight of steps at her homo on Johnsonstreet.

Miss Mary Nowak, of Adams street,

has accepted a position iu Ivushnerick'sconfectionery store.

"Minnesota's Best" flour Is sold by A.Oswald. There is none better made.

Dr. N. R. Myers has been appointedpostmaster at Wanamie.

Lehlghton council has passed anordinance Imposing a fine of S2O on anyperson who runs an automobile fasterthan six miles an hour In that borough.

Mrs. George Kleckner has beenawarded damages to the amount of$6,300 for Injuries received by fallingover an obstruction on a snow-coveredsidewalk at Nantlcoke last winter.

Tamaqua local union of the UnitedMine Workers attended St. John's Re-formed church in a body last evening.The pa9tor, Rev. Lobach, was a 9taunchsupportor of the miners' cause duringthe strike.

J. C.- Sendel, of Weatherly, an ex-county commissioner of Carbon county,died at Hazleton hospital Saturdayevening. Mr. Sendel was operated onon Wednesday, and was doing nicelyuntil B'rlday, when his condition beganto grow worse and he sank rapidly,

JEDDO FIRMi ON THE RACK

Methods of Markle & Co.Placed on Record.

Evicted Employe, Who Toil-ed Thirty Years in TheirMines, Tells a Sad Story.Testimony of a Boy.An amazing disclosure of the practi-

cal working of G. B. Markle & Co.'acompany store system was made to theAnthracite Coal Strike Commission at

Scranton on Saturday by James Gal-

lagher, a Jeddo miner about 60 yearsold. He testified that he had never re-ceived any money except once In seven-teen years and nine months. He ex-plained this by saying that he never got

enough money for himself; that thecompany store got It all.

Mr. Gallagher said he was evictedfrom his house, and the company re-fused to put him back at work. He didnot know why the company would not

take him, unless It was because his sonwas the secretary of the local union ofthe U. M. VV. of A. at Jeddo.

In answer to another question he saidprices at the company store were from10 to 20 per cent higher than at other

stores. He had tnAde as high as S7O amonth, but this was eaten up In payinghis debts with the company. When hewas clear of debt the company gave hima bad place to work antil he was againin debt.

The witness kept the court constantlyin good humor by his wit and sharp an-swers to tbrust9 by the lawyers. Hesaid a man is never called hurt in themines until he is half killed. He washalf killed twice, he said, which broughtout the remark from Chairman Graythat if he was twice half killed theu hewas now dead.

This caused much merriment, but Itwas turned to & roar of laughter whenthe witness replied that the first halfwas healed before the other half wasinjured.

Child labor was next brought to theattention of the commission. AndrewChippri'e, a little orphaned breakerboy, who does not look to be more than10 years old, although he said he was 13,

told in a child's simple way a story ofhis treatment in the Markle mines,whore ho earned 4 cents an hour, andhis boyish struggles to help his widowedmother, that moved the compassion ofthe commission. No more patheticrovelation of the sombre phase of mln-.Ing life has been presented to the com-mission since Itassembled.

When Chairman Gray asked the lad Ifhe know what an oath was he replied:"Yes sir; If I tell a lie I'll die." Thenthe lad went on to tell the story of hislife at homo and in the mine. Hisfathor was killed In the mine of G. B.Markle fc Co. at Jeddo eighteon monthsago. The widowed mother has fourchildren, Andrew is the oldest. Twoare twins and the youngest is 2 years old.

Upon the death of his father, Andrew'smother took in boarders In an endeavorto support the family and keep the ladat school. The family lived In a four-room house owned by Markle & Co. Atone time Mrs. Chipprie had nine board-ers in the framo building In addition to

her four children. But strive as shedid, she could not make a living, solittle Andrew was taken from school,where he had been for one year, andput to work in the breaker at Jeddo.

Then began his first real experiencewith a mining corporation. The father,when be was killed, left a debt of aboutSIOO due for rent, to the company.

The boy tostified that, though he hadworked in the breaker several months,including the time he worked before thestrike, be has not received one cent ofpay for his work. Markle & Co., ac-cording to his testimony, have withheldevery penny earned by the child, inorder to apply it to the debt of hisfather.

The first month on pay day the state-

ment showed he owed the companySO4 92. He worked hard the next

month, and at the endof that time hisdue bill showed that ho owed the Mar-

MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS.

TJTSTATE OF CHRISTINA STARK, lute ofXL Fn-ulund borough, deceased.

Letters testuinoiirurv upon the above namedcstuto having been granted to the undersign-ed, all persons Indebted to said estate are re-

quested to make payment, and those havingclaims or demands, present the same, withoutdelay, to Henry C. Stark.

Chas. Orion Stroh, Attorney.

TESTATE OFOWEN FoWLER, lute ofFree-

XL land borough, deceased.Letters testuinentary on the above named

estate having been granted to the undersign-ed, all persons indebted to said estate are re-

quested to make payment, and those havingclaims or detuunds to present the same, with-out. delay, to Nettle S. Fowler.

John .M. L'arr, attorney.

TRI-WEEKLY

McMENAMIN'SSouth Centre Street

FURNISHINGSFOR WINTER

Underwear is here in abundance.It starts at 50c; Fleeced-lined Shirtsand Drawers in Ecru, Blue Natur-al, Flesh Color and White. Then75c, SI.OO, $ 1.50 and $2.00. Com-plete assortment at each price, andwe know by comparison that ourprices are the lowest in town forvalue given. Bold statement, isn'tit? But we'll back it up.

All that's new in Neckwear is al-ways here. Although we don'tmention it sometimes, a gentlemantold us, he tries here first. If hecan't get it here, he can't get it inFreeland. Popular prices, 25cand 50c.

Hosiery.?That's ourstronghold.Have you seen our extra heavy.The unusal kinds. Then we havecotton and cashmere from to

50c.Gloves from 25c to 54.50.Umbrellas from $1 00 to $3.50.

Collars.?The largest stock ofLion Brand Collars in Freeland,all sizes, all shapes and the oneprice, two for 25c. 1

Hats.?We have quality andstyle, and the price ranges fromSI.OO to $4.00. But the $2.50 and53.00 are most popular. WinterCaps a specialty.

Footwear.?lf you want shoesthat will fit and wear, here is whereyou get them. Our lines are sowell stocked that we are preparedto equip every man, woman orchild with the proper size, at thelowest price consistent with quality.Rubbers, Overshoes, Gum Bootsand Felts of all kinds.

McMENAMIN'SSouth Centre Street

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Headquarters

This Year

for

Holiday

Candy,

Confectionery,

Fruits,

Nuts, Etc.

DePIERRO - EROS.C-A-EYE.

Corner ofCentre end Front Htreete.Gibson, Dougherty, Kaufer Club,

Rosenbluth's Velvet, ofwhich we hiveEXCLUSIVE SALE IN TOWK.

Mumm's Extra Dry Champagne,Henneasy Brandy, Blackberry,

Gins, Wines, Clarets, Cordials, Etc.Ham and Schweitzer Cheese Sandwiches,

Sardines, Etc.

MEALS - AT - ALL - HOURS

Condy 0. Boyle,dealer In

LIQUOR, WINE, BEER, PORTER, ETC.

...Tt10 finest brands ofDomestic and ImportedWhiskey on sale. Fresh Freeland Beer, Purlerand Aleon tap. pa Centre street.

Geo. H. Hartman,

Meats and Green Tinck.Fresh Lard a Specialty.

Centre Street, neer CentTßl Hotel.

Wm. Wehrman,

Centre street, Freeland.

REPAIRING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.Special Meeting of A. O. 11.

A special mooting of Division 19, A.0. H.. will bo held at 7 30 p m. on Tues-day, December 9, 1903, at Grand operahouse ball, to takeactlon upon the deathof oor late brother, John McUoady. Byorder of John !\u25a0'. Shovlln, president.

Dr. N. Y. Lest, the oldest practicingphysician of Scranton, died last night ofheart failure.

Ice cream?all flavors?at Merkt's.