The Daily News from Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania • Page 1

he Best Oldest and -uvortising Medium In the Region. Leading Newspaper Of Mt. Camel. NUMBER 675. MOUNT CARMEL, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 21, 1894.

ONE CENT FOUR DEADLY SHOTS BICKEL CO. DEATH FROM GAS BIG POLISH PARADE O. P. o. Mammoth AT THE Clothing House You will find the Largest Assortment of Fall and Winter Mini; and Lowest Prices, Is at its best.

Now is the time for you to look around and make your selections. Our Overcoats are just the thing. Our Suits will please you. Our Children's Clothing are the nobbiest to be found in the County. Our Tailoring Department will fit the person as well as the pocketbook.

A. ST IEF, LEADING Merchant Tailor aid Clothier, WE ARE ADDING NEW GOODS every day and can now show as nice a a line of Dress Goods, NOTIONS, that is kept in the region Those 25 Cent ALL WOOL CLOTHS are big value. Have you seen them Our prices are right and only one low price to all. Call and see us. BICKEL Oak Mt.

Carmel. WARDROP'8 FOB LAMPS We were very successful with our early purchase in this line and now we have doubled the quality, and trebled the quanlity. They say they are to high priced for the town but we will trust the people of Mt. Carmel for the verdict after they have looked on our line. An especially h'ne assortment of Banquet Iamps with Silk and Iinen Shades.

CALL AND SEE US. Beddall Wardrop, Oak South of Third, Mt. Carmel. 25 S. JLI1U No.

13 Oak Street. Mt. Carmel. Guns and Sporting Goods I am now prepared to sell and Ammunition at Lamps Lamps Lamps A KKURO MURDERED AT 8COTT COLLIERY. hie 'TWAS IN SELF DEFENSE Samuel Franklin Assails William Taylor and In Turn Meets Death by His Intended Victim's Bullets.

The Scott colliery, a new operation owned by the Union Coal Company, was the scene of a murder this morning, and Samuel Franklin, a colored man, lies still in death with four bullets embedded in his person, a victim to the death-dealing shots t'rtl ly William Taylor, anothtr colored man, in self-defense. Saturday evening who' is reputed to have been of a quarrelsome dis-poeition, visited Mt Carmel and imbibed in the (lowing bowl to such an extent as to make his presence annoying to those with whom he came in contact. Going to the Scott colliery, which is beyond Green Ridge and on the line of the street railway, he had some difficulty with motoruian Wiliiam F. King, of the trolley car No. S.

lie abused the motorman, arid the latter was compelled to subdue the disturber with a lever connected with the electrical apparatus. Arriving at the boarding house at the colliery, i-'ranklin found a stranger named William Taylor, a resident of Pottsville, from which place the majority of the colored residents of the Scott emigrated. Franklin started in to abuse Taylor, and insisted on the latter's fighting with him. Taylor stood it until patience longer ceased to be a virtue, and lie turned on his assailant. Kozors were conspicuous in the fracas and Franklin got the wo st of it by a great deal.

Karly Sunday morning Franklin visited Dr. Samuel in Alt. Carmel and had his wounds dressed, saying he had been in a ngni me nignt previous, anu Hurt Wen hacked with a hatchet He returned to Scott and Monday went toShamokin and purchased a revolver with the expressed determination of killing Taylor. Taylor heard of this and fearing trouble went back to Pottsville. Arriving at Pottsville he found a friend of the colored people at the Scot had died at Pntteyiho and he immediately returned to Mt Carmel to inform his associates.

He arrived here lust night. Going to the colliery he arranged with others to return to Pottsville this morning to attend the obsemies. While Taylor was going to the boarding house occupied by white people Franklin espied him for the first time since the disturbance of Saturday, although he had been appraised of his presence. Previous to the encounter Franklin expressed his intention of killing Taylor to another color ed man named Beckley. "You leave your hands offhim or you will get into trouble, sure," said Beckley, and he expostulated with the would-be murderer.

Franklin said he wouldn't shoot and they parted. When Taylor entered the house Franklin followed and took his position outside the door, at a convenient distance for pistol-liring. Emerging from the boarding house Taylor came face to face with Franklin. Franklin immediately tired, but the ball went wide of its mark. Taylor happened to have a revolver, and pulling it fired in return.

Taylor's Bhot took effect, the bullet penetrating Franklin's right arm, in which hand he held the jiistol. lie attempted to raise it after it has been shattered, but failed. Seeing his inability to cope with Taylor in consequence of this mishap, Franklin turned, and as he did SO Taylor's rapid firing planted in quick succession three bullets in the back of his assailant, two of them in the right shoulder and the other towards the left, near the kidney, causing almost instant death. Dr. Samuel was telephoned for and jumped on a street car reaching the scene after the man had died.

District Attorney Vorig Anten was immediately notified of the shooting and officers Walter and Herb and Chief of police Watkins went to the colliery in search of the murderer, but he had taken the 9:50 Reading train for Pottsville. Three of his companions volunteered to go to Pottsville and induce him to return and give himself up. They left on the noon train and will likely return to-night. Coroner Shindle, ofSunlmry, will arrive this afternoon to hold, an inquest. The body was taken into the office of the coal company at the Scott colliery, where it is at present and will remain awaiting the action of the coroner's jury.

Frank-lin was a single man, about thirty years of age and came here from Scranton, being originally from Virginia. Taylor is a resident of Pottsville. Keep in view the firemen's big fair. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Kimber Lee of Ashland was a business visitor to Mt.

Carmel this morning. Miss Annie Norris of Philadelphia wai the guest of friends in town yesterday. James Moyer of Scranton transacted business in Mt. Carmel this morning. J.

F. Phillips of Williamsport was the guest of friends and relatives here to-day. Liveryman Strausser was a business visitor to the coal metropolis this morning. G. II.

Leffler, a Locust Dale landlord transacted buisness in Mt. Carmel today. J. K. Laery of Scranton spent yesterday afternoon in town the guest of relatives.

William Thomas of the Shamokin News Staff, was a Mt. Carmel visitor last night. Andrew Murray of New York was a business visitor to Mt. Carmel yesterday afternoon. John M.

Miller of Harrisburg was a business visitor to Mt. Carmel yesterday afternoon. John G. Hull of New York was the guest of Mt. Carmel friends yesterday afternoon.

Mrs. William Hoffman and Mrs. George Conrad of Sunbury were the guests of J. B. Gould, and wife yesterday.

Mrs. James Wightman returned home from Tower City, when she had been spending a week, the guest of her parents. O. B. George of Williamsport, Jroute agent for, the Adams Express company transacted businnss in Mt.

Carmel this morning. George Hoppes, of Mahanoy City who has been laid up for five weeks with typhoid fever, is able to be about again, and was a visitor to his many Mt. Carmel Jfrionds yesterday. JOHN WOODS LIES DOWN. TO AN KTKRNAli SLEEP.

IT IS A VERY SAD AFFAIR His Brother James Asphyxiated By His Side -Revived Afler Hard Work By Dr. Bartho This morning about 7 o'clork when the tinners, who were working at the roof of Enoch Fatss's new building on the Avenue, arrived at that place, and entered the building, they were met with a terrific body of coal gas which drove them back. They, however, opened the windows, and started up stairs in the direction of the room in which the stove was located to see what was wrong. When they entered the room they were Btaitle 1 to discover the bodies of two men lying helpless on the floor and apparently dead. The men were John and James Woods, brothers, who had entered the house and fixed a bed of their coats on the floor and laid down to sleep.

It was an everlasting rest for John, the elder of the brothers. When they were discovered by the tinners, it was found that they were both alive and Dr. Bartho was immediately summoned. The doctor discovered that John was too far gone, and nothing could be done for him. lie died about ten minutes after the doctor reached the house.

The other young man was removed by constable Waters and the doctor to the old council chamber, and after laboring for several hours, during which time it was a struggle be tween life and death with young Woods, the doctor succeeded in reviving him. The body of the dead man was removed to the home of Mrs. Bernard Harvey on Market street sliortly after its discovery and later the other was taken to the same place, the doctor remaining with him al most constantly all dav. The Woods boys are orphans, their parents having died about ten years ago. Sliortly after they came to Mt Carmel and took up their home with Bernard Harvey on Market street.

Both boys worked at lathing and plastering tor Mr. Harvey and until a tew years ago were sober and energetic. Drink however got the better of them and in the past year they have been in several law-suits. A sister, who is at present living in New York, is the only remaining member of the family besides James, who will recover. Both boys worked yesterday for Ber nard Breslin, at some of his tenements on Spruce street, and were seen about the streets last night.

For some time past James had been roaming about with no place to stay. John had bten boarding lately with a family on Maple street. They were evidently out late last night and decided to make a bed for the night in the new house of Enoch ratz, which ris now being plastered, on the Avenue. A large stove, somewhat cracked with very poor pipe, is being used to dry the plastering on the second story. They re paired to this room and, taking their coats off, made a pillow out of them, and retired for the night.

In order to make it warm in the room they closed all the windows. The fire was very strong and the escaping gas filled the room. It was a sad sleep. When morning came they were discovered asphyxiated from the immense volume of coal gas in which they slept. James slept very close to the stove and this probably accounts for him not being suffocated, as the heat from the stove created a current and forced the gas away from him.

He however was on the verge of death when found, and was only revived after four or five hours hard work by Dr. Bartho. The body of the dead man was immediately removed to the Harvey home on Market street by Undertaker Stanton and prepared for burial. After he was completely out of danger James was also removed to the home of Mrs. Harvey.

John is twenty-three years of age and James has just turned his twenty-one. An estate at Harrisburg valued at several thousand dollars was to have been divided among the three, John, James and a sister, when the latter became of age. Chipped beef at II. T. John CENTRAL1AJULLIKGS.

The case of the State Board of Pharmacy vs. L. E' Davis of Centralis, conducting a drug store without a diploma has been dismissed. The libel suit of B. J.

Doyle against II. V. Ileiskovits, editor of the defunct Centralis Journal, has been settled in the courts of Columbia county, Doyle withdrawing the suit The second annual ball of the C. 12. Club will be held Saturday.

December 15th in Dark Corner hall. The affair is in charge of active young men who are a guarantee of its success. Fell Through a Bridge. Mary Rinzik, aged eight years, fell through a bridge at the Luke Fidler colliery last night while walking up the track with her mother, who had been put off the Lehigh Valley train, and broke her leg near the thigh. They were on their way to New York, from where they intended going to Europe.

The bridge was about fifteen feet high. In addition to having her leg broken she is badly cut about the face. Removed to Jlalmnoy City. Wesley Keiser, who has conducted a clothing store in Mt. Carmel for the past year has disposed of his stock and has removed to Mahanoy City.

During Mr. Reiser's stay in Mt Carmel he has made a host of friends, who will regret to learn of his departure. Stylish New York is the acknowledged centre of fashion. Our goods and styles are direct from that city, so when you wish the latest in hats or evening coronets, call and see them at Miss Jennie South's millinery, corner Third and Oak streets. We are sure to suit you.

4t-75 Burled Monday. Amanda daughter of J. C. Sterner, eighteen years of age died at Danville of typhoid fever and brain fever. She was buried on Monday.

Mr. Sterner who was in attendance at the funeral returned home to day. Gone to Housekeeping. J. B.

uld, the popular young Lehigh Valley station agent, and wife, have tented one of C. L. Clever's dwelling houses on West Third street and have gone to house keeping. A CELEBRATION BOOKED FOR NOVEMBER 29TH. MEETING IN OPERA HOUSE In Commemoration of the Great Pol ish Rebellion Sixty Four Vears Ago A Scrap of Istory.

Thanksgiving day the Polish societies of the coal region parade in Mt. Carmel in celebration of the great Polish rebellion which began Nov. and in which many of their patriots were killed by the Russians. There will be a large number of men in line and in the evening a mass meeting will be held in the opera house, to be addressed by Dr. F.

J. Meek, Frank Glassic and others. This rebellion was caused by the over-bearance of the military governor, Con-Btantine, brother of the Czar, who had taken charge of the country under the Russian government. He abolished the biennial diets, the independent judiciary, the liberty of the press and reduced the people to a state of servitude. The people formed secret societies, headed by the aristocracy, and a general insurrection took place which drove the Russians out of Poland.

From January, 1831, till September 8th, of the same year, a series of bloody conflicts were fought, in which the Prussians and Austrians, with pitiable subservience, aided the Czar. At first the Poles were successful, but the taking of their capital by Paskevitch, soon ended the war, which was followed by im-nrisonment. confiscation, and enforced service in the Russian army of the Polish patriots. The outbreaks of and 1848 were punished by the gallows, and the Poles in Austria were butchered by the peasantry, who preferred the Austrian to a national government. Strict censorship of the press and the Russian spy police-system was established.

The country was robbed of its rich literary collections and works of art and the most severe and arbitrary measures taken to Russianize the people. In 18G1 another insurrection broke out. Over 30,000 people had assembled near the battlefield of Grochaw (where two battles had been fought in 1831,1 to pray for the souls of those who had fallen. They were engaged in prayer and the singing of religious chants, when they were charged by the Russian gendarmes and a number killed and others arrested. It is in remembrance of those killed in the insurrections of 1830-33 that the parade will take place Thanksgiving What it Takes to Fill a Mine.

An idea of the immense quantity of water required to extinguish the fire now raging at Luke Fidler colliery, Shamokin, can be obtained by considering that from to 2.r,000,0(K) gallons have been run into the mine each day for a period of thirty four days and the water is still 200 feet below the water level. The vertical heighth already filled with water aggregates about 030 feet and 300 feet remains to be filled up before the mining experts will feel satisfied that the flames had been entirely extinguished. "Babe or Bethlehem." The Daily News is in receipt of a sample copy of the "Babe of Bethlehem," anew and original Christmas service for Sunday schools, written by J. C. Leinbaeh with music by F.

K. Hill, editor of the Sunbury "American." It is a very meritorious piece ot work, ana its publishers certainly deserve success in their efforts to furnish a service Which should meet all requirements and give a pleasing Christinas exercise. Dea'h of An Infant. Bertha a four year old daugher of Lewis Dytewski, died last evening after suffering a short time from croup. The tuneral will take place to-morrow morn ing, interment win take place in tne Polish Catholic cemetery.

Millinery Goods for Sale. Becinning Thursday last, a full line of millinery goods are being sold at the Commercial hotel for two weeks only. Nicely trimmed hats from fifty cents up. Before buying elsewhere examine these goods. G2-2w W.

Snyder, THE LEADING JEWELER, of Shamokin, Will pay your car fare to and from Shamokin if you by goods to the amount of 13.00 or over. A full line of WATCHES, CLOCKS, DIAMONDS, SILVERWARE SILYER NOVELTIES ALWAYS ON HAND. SPECIAL ATTENTION TO REPAIRING OF FINE WATCHES. All Goods Bought Engraved Free. Prices the Lowest la the County.

Bryant's Eating House SOUTH OAK ST. The Best Regulated Restaurant in the town, for Ladies and (tents. Everything in the eating line to be found in a First-Class and Vell-Appointed place. Oyster in all styles. Geo.

E. Bryant, Prop. Do You Want to See Your Dollars Grow? If so make your purchases from our new and attractive Fall and Winter Stock. See how much more you get for one hundred cents than ever before. Our pride is our honest goods and our ambition is to be known to you as a house that deals in reliable goods ONLY.

ONE PRICE ONLY Robertson Hurry's Building, Wanamaker Brown's Invitation to Examine Fall and Winter CLOTHING I Overcoats a Specialty. The "VARSITY," Double and Single Breasted the leader. ARE YOU A YOUNG MAN ARE YOU IN MIDDLE LIFE ARE YOU AN OLD MAN ARE YOU A BOY? We invite you one and all to call and examine the large variety of SAMPLES just unpacked. They represent an immense variety in cloth color style and prices we also can inform you what well dressed people of the United States are wearing. Wm.T.

Montelius, SALES AGENT North Oak Street. No. 22, Soap 2c Broom and Bucket 25c Miners' Lamps 5c Rolling Pins 3c Coal Buckets 25c Stove Boards 75c Stove Pipe 1 5c Salt Boxes 5c Spool Cotton 2c Wash Basins 5c Coffee Pots 15c Dish Pans 10c Wood Spoons 5c Lamps 25c White Lined Boilers 25075c Chopping Bowls. 10c Water Buckets 15c Knives and Forks 5c Clothes Baskets 50c Granite Saucepans. ..25 to 60c Fire Shove's 5c Window Shades 25c Stove Pipe Elbows 10c Oil Cloth, 2 yds wide 50c Clothes Pins ic a doz Pins ic a paper Granite Wash Basins 25c Tea Pots 75c Dish Pans 90c Have the heavy anti-rust- ing Water Bucket at 50c Also the finest line of China and Toys ever seen in town.

Lord's Novelty Store, KINK BUILDING. Mint. I have also a handsome selection of Library, Banquet and Vase Lamps at very low prices, at the General Hardware Store of S. B. Bergstresser.

imp, mm to the, Sporting fraternity Guns greatly reduced prices. ill lllC paou mum" Brussels. Oak Mt. Carmel. UI UlU UUSlIltOS has shown you appreciate our giving you more tor your money than von can gret elsewhere, and the SPECIAL PRICES In our Grocery Department still continue.

The BLANKETS at 49c. per pair are wonders. OIL CLOTH 2yds. wide from 45c. a yard up.

We have just received a special line of Carpet samples in Axminsters, Moquetts, They are worth looking at even if you don't want to buy and if you need CARPET, we think we can suit you. We have not been saying much about our SHOES, but it will save you money to examine them. We are now unloading a car of POTATOES and a car of HAY. Yours, for business and prices, ThlVI W3 1 1 Co.